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If I repay them harm for harm, Indeed they’ll not be saved thereby. My conduct will in turn be marred,
Śāntideva • The Way of the Bodhisattva
No one is there, all in all, Who, being angry, lives at ease.
Śāntideva • The Way of the Bodhisattva
It is wisdom which is seeking for wisdom.
Shunryu Suzuki • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition
So come what may, I’ll not upset My cheerful happiness of mind. Dejection never brings me what I want; My virtue will be warped and marred by it.
Śāntideva • The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva, the author of The Way of the Bodhisattva,
Dzigar Kongtrul • The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life
Shantideva, the eighth-century Buddhist master, compares this to willingly undergoing a painful medical treatment in order to cure a long-term disease.
Pema Chodron • Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
If there’s a remedy when trouble strikes, What reason is there for dejection? And if there is no help for it, What use is there in being glum?
Śāntideva • The Way of the Bodhisattva
shamatha-vipashyana meditation.