 Closeness with Every Being
For compassion to develop toward a wide range of persons, mere knowledge of how beings suffer is not sufficient; there has to be a sense of closeness with regard to every being. That intimacy is established either through merely reflecting that everyone equally wants happiness and doesn’t want suffering, or through reflecting on the implications of rebirth, or both, with the one reinforcing the other. – Jeffrey Hopkins, “Everyone as a Friend” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for October 15, 2018
 Necessary Closeness
It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that they are dear. With that combination–seeing that people suffer and thinking of them as dear–you can develop compassion. – Jeffrey Hopkins, “Everyone as a Friend” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for October 15, 2018
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Necessary Closeness
It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that they are dear. With that combination–seeing that people suffer and thinking of them as dear–you can develop compassion. – Jeffrey Hopkins, “Everyone as a Friend” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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