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  1. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects, who just go about their business without pretending to be anything.
  2. ...misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves.
  3. But from another point of view we can say that insects are very innocent and free from guile, whereas we often lie and...
  4. From 1 point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects.
  5. There are many levels of help we can offer others.
  6. The Buddhist notion of attachment is not what people in the West assume. We say that such love is free of attachment.
  7. It is said in our scriptures that we are to cultivate love just like that of a mother toward her only child.
  8. If one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved.
  9. It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act.
  10. One of the root downfalls for a male is to abuse or to look down upon a female. If a man does that, it is disastrous.
  11. From the perspective of the highest dimension of Buddhist practice, there is no distinction between gender.
  12. If you forget about others' rights and neglect others' welfare, ultimately you will be very lonely.
  13. If you help others with sincere motivation and concern, that will bring you more fortune, friends, smiles, and success.
  14. Do not be like a man who tastes food in all the different restaurants but never actually gets down to eating a meal.
  15. It is important to think very well before entering a particular spiritual tradition. Once you have entered you should stick to it.
  16. Irrespective of whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.
  17. Do your best and do it according to your own inner standard (call it conscience), not just according to society's knowledge and judgement.
  18. From early morning until I go to bed and in all situations, I always try to check my motivations and be mindful and present in the moment.
  19. [editor note: VERY GLAD to see that the account has finally been fixed!]
  20. [Note: since it doesn't look like Twitter will get around to fixing this account I've set up @hhquotes and will continue from there. Thx]