A Gift of Dharma for 6.11.10
Photo by Don Farber.
Today’s quote is yet another from His Holiness the Dalai Lama–the one and only–whom I first quoted and wrote a short biography for in this post. This is it–courtesy, once again, of my Insight from the Dalai Lama Desk Calendar:
[It] is quite clear to me that the moment you think only of yourself, the focus of your whole reality narrows, and because of this narrow focus, uncomfortable things can appear huge and bring you fear and discomfort and a sense of feeling overwhelmed by misery. The moment you think of others with a sense of caring, however, your view widens. Within that wider perspective, your own problems appear to be of little significance, and this makes a big difference.
