Preparing for Death and Helping the Dying
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<strong>the</strong>n of course you enjoy <strong>the</strong> work because of <strong>the</strong><br />
pure heart.’ — Lama Zopa Rinpoche<br />
“What is compassion? It is not simply a sense of<br />
sympathy or caring <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> person suffering, not<br />
simply a warmth of heart toward <strong>the</strong> person be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
you, or a sharp clarity or recognition of <strong>the</strong>ir needs<br />
<strong>and</strong> pain, it is also a sustained <strong>and</strong> practical determination<br />
to do whatever is possible <strong>and</strong> necessary<br />
to help alleviate <strong>the</strong>ir suffering.” — Glimpse After<br />
Glimpse by Sogyal Rinpoche<br />
BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING<br />
‘<strong>Helping</strong> to look after people who are sick <strong>and</strong> dying<br />
is itself <strong>the</strong> best preparation <strong>for</strong> our own death’<br />
— Lama Zopa Rinpoche<br />
‘To learn really to help those who are dying is to<br />
begin to become fearless <strong>and</strong> responsible about our<br />
own dying, <strong>and</strong> to find in ourselves <strong>the</strong> beginnings<br />
of an unbounded compassion that we may have<br />
never suspected.’ — Sogyal Rinpoche<br />
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