Dalai Lama's Quote on Compassion
This 9"x 16" cloth scroll is a short teaching on compassion by HH the14th Dalai Lama. It reads:COMPASSION USUALLY, OUR CONCEPT OF COMPASSION OR LOVE REFERS TO THE FEELING OF CLOSENESS WE HAVE WITH OUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. SOMETIMES COMPASSION ALSO CARRIES A SENSE OF PITY. THIS IS WRONG. ANY LOVE OR CAMPASSION WHICH ENTAILS LOOKING DOWN ON THE OTHER IS NOT GENUINE COMPASSION. TO BE GENUINE, COMPASSION MUST BE BASED ON RESPECT FOR THE OTHER AND ON THE REALIZATION THAT OTHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY AND OVERCOME SUFFERING, JUST AS MUCH AS YOU. ON THIS BASIS, SINCE YOU CAN SEE THAT OTHERS ARE SUFFERING, YOU CAN DEVELOP A GENUINE SENSE OF CONCERN FOR THEM.
H.H. THE XIVTH DALAI LAMA The white cotton center piece with border knot motif is framed on all four sides with black cotton borders. There are red tassels at on the bottom wooden dowel and a rainbow string for hanging the piece tied to the top dowel.
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