We achieve wisdom by the practice of spiritual disciplines such as meditation, mindfulness, and chanting. The specific techniques vary from school to school. But for any of these training regimes to be effective, we must first have prepared our minds by developing compassion. Just as no amount of training will lead to peak performance for an athlete who gets drunk every night and gorges on junk food, no amount of meditation will generate wisdom in a mind that harbors enmity or indifference toward others.
---The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights, by Norm Phelps---
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