From generosity comes wealth;
happiness from ethical conduct.
From patience comes beauty;
splendor from joyous effort.
Through concentration comes peace;
from wisdom comes liberation.
Compassion accomplishes all aims.
—Nagarjuna, Precious Garland
The possibility of being generous
Freedom is the possibility of being generous. You can afford to open yourself and walk on the path easily – without defending yourself or watching yourself be self-conscious all the time. It is the absence of ego, the absence of self-consciousness. That is the ultimate freedom. The absence of self-consciousness brings generosity. You don’t have to watch for dangers or be careful that you are going too far or too slow. It is the confidence which is freedom, rather than breaking free from chains of imprisonment, exactly. Developing confidence and breaking out of psychological, internal imprisonment brings freedom naturally. In other words, it is generosity.
– Chögyam Trungpa
from the book “Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos”
ISBN: 978-0877736370 – https://amzn.to/13S49Vg
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Compassion and Generosity
Source: Compassion & Generosity | Great Middle Way
greatmiddleway.wordpress.com
Oct 2, 2017
In the practice of compassion and generosity
disciples should be detached.
We should practice compassion and generosity
without regard to appearances, without regard to form,
without regard to sound, smell, taste, touch, or any quality of any kind.
This is how we should practice compassion and generosity.
Practicing compassion and generosity without attachment
is the way to reaching the Highest Perfect Wisdom,
it is the way to becoming a living Buddha.
—Buddha Shakyamuni, Diamond Sutra
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