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" Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. "

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" I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice. "

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" True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. "

" People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? "

" If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. "

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