My call for a spiritual revolution is thus not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow other-worldly, still less to something magical or mysterious. Rather, it is a call for a radical re-orientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self towards concern for the wider community of beings with whom we are connected, and for conduct which recognizes others’ interests alongside our own.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From "The Pocket Dalai Lama," edited by Mary Craig, 2002.
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The lesson here, it seems to me, is that we don't need new religions. We just need people to live those we've already got. One of the main precepts of pretty much any religion with which I'm familiar is the need to move away from selfishness toward a concern for others.
Imagine what kind of a world we'd have if people instinctively thought of the needs of others before thinking of their own desires.
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