Purity of Heart
"Unfortunately, these qualities of the heart are conditional, for they depend on a tender web of beliefs and feelings. ... When that web breaks, as it so easily can, the heart can turn vicious. ... People who believe in kindness can suddenly seek revenge. Those who espouse non-violence can suddenly call for war. And those who rule by divisiveness — by making a mockery of compassion, prudence, and our common humanity — find a willing following for their law-of-the-jungle agenda.
This is why compassion based only on belief or feeling is not enough to guarantee our behavior — and why the practice of training the mind to reach an unconditioned happiness is not a selfish thing."
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