Magical Recipe for the Supreme Emotion
—
Dalai Lama
Imagine the most sublime emotion possible. What would that be?
Here’s the magical recipe. Take one part each:
*love *affection *kindness *compassion *gentleness *generosity of spirit *warm-heartedness *sympathy *endearment
Blend, shake, mix, rock n’roll.
What do you get?
Nying je.
Nying je? What’s that?
It’s a Tibetan word usually translated as ‘compassion.’ But, it contains far more meaning, as the Dalai Lama explains:
” [Nying je] has a wealth of meaning that is difficult to convey succinctly, though the ideas it conveys are universally understood. It connotes love, affection, kindness, gentleness, generosity of spirit, and warm-heartedness. It is also used as a term of both sympathy and of endearment. On the other hand, it does not imply “pity” as the word compassion may. On the contrary nying je denotes a feeling of connection with others, reflecting its origin in empathy.
“…It is both the source and the result of patience, tolerance, forgiveness, and all good qualities”
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