KARUNA, THE ACTIVE SYMPATHY

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive...
I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later.
There is not much hurry.
If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love,
with compassion, with less selfishness,
then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.

• H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama in 'Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection', Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 2004
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