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QUOTES AND POETRY

"Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. The Buddha, after enlightenment, went out to help people. Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong."
(From an interview with Thich Nhat Hanh, Time Magazine, Burma's Monks: 'Already a Success' , Friday, Oct. 12, 2007)

"Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life".
(Thich Nhat Hanh)

"Our goal is to develop human beings with enough inner strength and moral courage to begin restructuring the collective consciousness of society."
( Sulak Sivaraksa)

"I believe that we must consciously develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the best foundation for our personal happiness, and for world peace, the equitable use of our natural resources, and through a concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment."
(The Dalai Lama)

For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
(The Dalai Lama)