When I went to Australia, I wanted to see a kangaroo but there was no time. Instead, my kind hosts gave me a stuffed mama kangaroo with a baby in its pouch. I thought about how the baby kangaroo would grow up and become the mama kangaroo’s size, maybe even bigger, but it would always remain the baby and be very grateful to its mama and papa for everything they did.

Likewise, in our Dharma practice, we take care of our parents of this lifetime while remembering that throughout beginningless time all sentient beings have been our kind parents. For this reason, we work for the benefit of all sentient beings and try to spread our love and compassion to everybody.

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