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The saint with true vision conceives compassion for the entire world, in east and west and south and north, and so, knowing the Sacred Lore, he will preach and spread and proclaim it, among those who strive and those who do not, in fact among all those who are willing to hear him............ He should do no injury to himself or any one else.. ... ... The great sage becomes a refuge for injured creatures like an island, which the waters cannot overwhelm.
– Acharanga Sutra (1. 6.5) One should cultivate the feelings of fraternity toward all beings, pleasantness toward the proficient, compassion toward the destitute and, equanimity toward the irreparably distorted.
- Tattvartha Sutra of Umaswati (776) Once we recognize all that we have in common with others, a feeling of compassion naturally arises and we can no longer treat other people with such indifference. We more easily understand their problems, and as we learn how to heal ourselves, we begin to use our knowledge to help them as well.
- Tarthang Tulku
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