It comes down to unconditional love. The blocks to unconditional love, or Bodhicitta, are our destructive emotions like anger, jealously, pride, and selfishness. These are all rooted in a delusion that we and things exist objectively. The wisdom realizing emptiness counters this ignorance of reality. Thus, it is full enlightenment that is our goal to achieving unconditional love imbued with the wisdom of emptiness. And this goal is for the purpose of guiding all others to this enlightened state.
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The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warm-heartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest; it is as if we open an inner door. An […]
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Discover your hidden gem
Discover your hidden gem. The gem that is always within you. The gem that leads to enlightenment and thus is called Buddha nature. Go deep. Hang out with your mind. Be quiet. Be still. Just […]
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Where unconditional love lives.
The feeling of ‘home’ is relative. In the last post we shared our conversation with an amazing homeless man in Pittsburgh. To someone who, not by choice, has no roof over their head, or even […]