The Buddha and Dharma are everywhere. But we do not have to go everywhere to find it. We can live happily and safely right now when we fully comprehend every single moment of our present life.
~ Sangpo Rinpoche ~

Our compassion should be directed towards external phenomena and reality, and toward other living beings. Without compassion, sentient beings will simply vanish. Without sentient beings there will be no bodhisattvas or enlightened beings. This is why the compassionate mind is tremendously powerful.