The majority of parent’s preoccupation is thinking about how their children can be free from various types of agony and pain, and how they can gain and enhance their happiness and comfort. But the context in which parents are thinking is generally small and temporal. Because this is not the greatest wish that a parent can make for their children. The greatest wish that a parent can make for their child is for them to be free of all suffering and all the causes of suffering, now and always. This is not just a small and temporal nirvana, but the ultimate, all encompassing enlightenment. If we can wish this for those we love most, our own children or dear ones, there is no reason we cannot wish this for all beings. In number there may be a difference but in the quality or experience of the feeling, there is no difference at all. In this way our close karmic relationships can help us greatly in developing loving kindness to encompass all beings. This is how ego-centric love and care can serve as the fertile ground for genuine and limitless bodhicitta to blossom.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:00:00 +0000
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