In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers by Reginald A. Ray

Author:Reginald A. Ray [Ray, Reginald A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2013-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

WISDOM ENABLES OUR COMPASSION 8.41

It is the attitude that really is the most important thing. If we have the right attitude, arising from wisdom, whatever action we initiate out of compassion will be effective and will be in keeping with the situation. But if we lack such an open and wide vision, even if we are very concerned with social welfare and justice, our attitudes may still be tinged or polluted with our own delusions or obscurations of mind.

Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES 8.42

We meditate first to cultivate impartiality, then we go on to meditate on great love, then on great compassion, and finally on bodhicitta. The first immeasurable, impartiality, means not being influenced by attachment or aggression. Great love means wanting everyone to attain happiness. Great compassion means wanting to free everyone from suffering. Bodhicitta, however, is more subtle, as it is the wish to attain Buddhahood to help all beings. Its very nature is a loving and compassionate mind. What makes it subtle is that bodhicitta implies the development of wisdom. Without that wisdom, the love and compassion of the bodhisattva become incomplete love and incomplete compassion.

Thrangu Rinpoche

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