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Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness Quotes: All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others
         

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others


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All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others
         



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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.



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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.



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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.



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We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.



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Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.



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The manifestation of the free mind is said to be lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.



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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.





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This page presents the quote "All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others". Author of this quote is Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. This quote is about buddhism, mindfulness, suffering, psychology,.