santideva
Śāntideva was an North Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist monk associate with Nālandā monastery, who flourished somewhere between 685 and 763 CE. His two extant works are widely considered to be classics of explication of the philosophy and practice of the Buddhist "Great Vehicle" path.
“When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?”
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“When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?”
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“Those desiring speedily to beA refuge for themselves and othersShould make the interchange of "I" and "other,"And thus embrace a sacred mystery.”
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“when one has searched for these as realities, who desires and what is desired?”
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