Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Definition of Spirituality

This morning my Beliefnet Daily Buddhist Wisdom is a definition of spirituality from His Holiness the Dali Lama. I like it and thought I'd share it...

Spirituality I take to be concerned with those qualities of the human spirit—such as love and compassion, patience, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From "The Pocket Zen Reader," edited by Thomas Cleary, 1999. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com

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