Since we have a natural compassion in us, and that compassion has to manifest itself, it might be good to awaken it. Violence done to an innocent person, for example, can make us indignant, scandalize us, and in so doing help us to discover our compassion. By its very violence, television might keep us in a state of alert. However, it is very dangerous if violence leads to indifference. Thus, a central point of our teaching is how to reach nonattachment without falling into indifference.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama, The Path to Tranquility
I got this book last night because I picked it up and opened it, not knowing what it was or what his writing is like. This is a book of daily wisdom – a paragraph or two for each day of the year.
The above paragraph is the meditation for September 11.
