They say Atisha, whenever he met different sentient beings, in his mind he would say, “That’s my mother,” a kind of, “Hello, mom,” and immediately adopt that feeling of closeness and intimacy with that person. I think His Holiness has that kind of attitude with... read more
It is a big step, to see all different sentient beings as lovable and to do this necessitates the understanding of rebirth. You can have some good results without an understanding of rebirth, but it is not going to have the same impact if you started really looking at... read more
Having compassion is extremely important in our society. Compassion is wanting someone to be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Having that compassion, we do not want to inflict pain deliberately on others out of anger. We see that anger does no good in... read more
Heart-warming love is slightly different from regular love. Regular love is wanting someone to have happiness and the causes of happiness. Heart-warming love is seeing them as lovable and wanting them to have happiness and the causes of happiness. It is a kind of love... read more
When you reflect on the kindness of your present-life parents, think of all other sentient beings who had also been your parents in past lives and had been kind in the same way. You are not stuck on your relationship with the parents of this life, but you are... read more
