Paying the Price for what is Pleasant
The heroic soldiers of compassion and love are our real army in our fight against evil. The same energy that we use to generate anger while trying to harm our enemies can be turned around and transformed, creating instead a powerful army of kindness and concerned love. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Die heroischen Soldaten des Mitgefühls und der Liebe sind unsere wirkliche Armee im Kampf gegen das Böse. Dieselbe Energie, die wir benutzen, um Wut zu erzeugen, mit der wir unsere Feinden zu schaden versuchen, kann umgekehrt und transformiert werden, was stattdessen eine machtvolle Armee der Güte und fürsorgenden Liebe erschafft." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- — at Lotus Lake Temple summer 2010 . If we are charitable by observing and responding to the needs of others, then it's one of the suitable forms of compassion. If we're charitable for other reasons, it generally has an underlying self-serving motivation. Because of this, benefit is uncertain while long term harm is...