domingo, julho 22, 2007

Atitude


"...the governing factor is my mental attitude.

Our basic outlook, how we relate to external circumstances is thus the first consideration in any discussion on developing inner peace.

In this context, the great Indian scholar-practitioner Shantideva once observed that whilst we have no hope of finding enough leather to cover the earth so that we never prick our feet on a thorn, we actually do not need this much. He observed that enough leather to cover the soles of our feet will suffice.

In other words, whilst we cannot always change our external situation to suit us, we can change our attitude."

in "Ancient Wisdom, Modern World" - Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, Little, Brown and Company, London, 1999, pags 61-62

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