Quotes by Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

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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 — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest a — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word ‘God.’ (125) — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is f — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
It is important never to separate love and knowledge, compassion and wisdom. A wisdom without compassion is closed upon — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had o — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42) — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowled — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Sometimes the best answer to a question is another question. Is it not by asking questions that we stimulate each other — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. ( — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
[C]hange your thinking, your interpretation of he world, change the way you see! To change the way you see is to change — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
In certain situations, manifesting anger is the right attitude; in others it is not the right thing to manifest because — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65) — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it comes from Tradition — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
[W]e need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other i — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source i — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Quoting Father Seraphim:Our life hangs only by a breath. It is the thread that links you to the Father, the Source, whic — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is — Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity