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Your Deepest Fulfillment Is Connected with the Well-Being of Others
By Jack Kornfield
Bodhisattva is radical because it states that the deep fulfillment of happiness comes from serving the welfare of others as well as ourself. Our highest happiness is connected with the well-being of others.
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