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"Furthermore, if someone you've always been kind to turns against you, that is an even more precious challenge."

"Practitioners who have realized the absolute truth of emptiness have the ultimate antidote to difficult situations. Confident that all phenomena are nothing but a dream, and knowing their own ungraspable minds to be indestructable, they realize no harm can truly be done to them. All "harm" is illusion. When adversity does arise in their lives, they are happy for the chance to test their confidence."

"Like the Buddha in the hell realm, we think, "Since I have to suffer anyway, why not use my own pain to relieve others having similar pain?" Then we find that acting first on behalf of others actually takes care of our own needs as well. Our goodwill and brave heart directly remedy the root cause of all our suffering, which is our self-importance."