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“The symbol for compassion is one moon shining in the sky while its image is reflected in one hundred bowls of water. The moon does not demand, “If you open to me, I will do you a favor and shine on you.” The moon just shines.

The point is not to want to benefit anyone or make them happy. There is no audience involved, no “me” and “them.”  It is a matter of an open gift, complete generosity without the relative notions of giving and receiving.  That is the basic openness of compassion: opening without demand.  Simply be what you are. Be the master of the situation. If you will just “be,” then life flows around and through you.”

Chogyam Trungpa

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