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The Importance of Bodhicitta

from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry by Jason Espada

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The Importance of Bodhicitta, from ‘The Mind in Comfort and Ease', by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

This bodhicitta is of extraordinary and crucial importance. Don’t you find it truly moving. the more you think about it? We should say to ourselves:

While I live, I will meditate on bodhicitta;
This is what will give meaning to my life.
At the moment of death, I will meditate on bodhicitta;
It will help me to continue onward, on my way toward enlightenment.
When I am thriving and happy, I will meditate on bodhicitta;
It will enable me to use my prosperity to serve others,
and avoid the pitfalls of pride, envy, and lack of respect.
When I face failure and sadness, I will meditate on bodhicitta;
It will prevent me from losing heart and losing hope.
So, all the time and in any situation:
In life, when death is near, in success or failure, in joy or sorrow,
Bodhicitta is something I cannot be without.

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from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry, released October 19, 2017

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