Śāntideva Quotes About Hen

"When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?" ~ Śāntideva

"When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?" ~ Śāntideva

"For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance you cannon build a sound basis of compassion. So in order to practice compassion, you should have an enemy.When you face your enemy who is going to hurt you, that is the real time to practice tolerance. Therefore, an enemy is the cause of the practice of tolerance; tolerance is the effect or result of an enemy. So those are cause and effect. As is said, "Once something has the relationship of arising from that thing, one cannot consider that thing from which it arises as a harmer; rather it assists the production of the effect." ~ Śāntideva

"when one has searched for these as realities, who desires and what is desired?" ~ Śāntideva