"When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic."

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Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Henepola Gunaratana

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