Question

What do you think is the most important quality to have for yourself and others, and why?

Answer

All of you know we stress Compassion here and that would be the most important quality, because it will cover everything. It will go into every single part of the practice. If you haven't seen that for yourself yet, then you've got to open up more. Take out the old students paper, put it in front of you during the sitting, look at some of the systems. Choose one. Do a whole hour of Compassion/Lovingkindness meditation, open it up more. If you develop the Compassion strongly enough, it's going to influence every bit of your life in a beneficial way. It will go into your actions, it will go into your speech, it will go into what kind of job you take. It will go into your relationships with others. It will push you as I was just saying to compete with yourself. Expand your limits, expand your boundaries, improve who you are. So Compassion, in my opinion, is most important.

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