Jean Leloup quotes
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“What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source in the desire for the well-being of all?”
-- Jean LeloupSource : Jean-Yves Leloup (2009). “Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
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“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness.”
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“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.”
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“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157)”
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“"Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it comes from Tradition, or because you have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect. Believe, take for your doctrine, and hold true to that, which, after serious investigation, seems to you to further the welfare of all beings."”
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“We need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well-being of the universe. When we experience an illness or depression not as our own but as the universe's, we are one with all beings who experience this kind of suffering.”
-- Jean LeloupSource : Jean-Yves Leloup (2009). “Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity”, p.81, Simon and Schuster
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“There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.”
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“The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.”
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“I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination.”
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“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
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“It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.”
Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.106
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