From a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
If someone tells you they are never wrong it usually means they usually are.
If someone tells you this is exactly how they meant things to turn out it usually means they are clueless about a lot!
If we boast a lot about our dharma practice we should remember the best practice is alone, and silent.
If a practitioner tells you their mind is completely pure, and says they abide in emptiness and light, ask them kindly to turn down the volume!
If a Dharma practitioner does nothing to benefit all sentient beings they are walking on one leg. Dharma is Wisdom and Compassion!
Put your energy into gathering not the goods of the world. Gather the gifts of Wisdom, Compassion and virtue. Only these have value.
If someone harms you and you become afraid, work with it. If you allow the fear you have allowed the suffering: they win!
We are equal in need, equal in nature, equal in love and loss. Therefore we should learn to have empathy and kindness.
We are equal in fault, equal in sorrow, equal in longing and sickness, and death. Therefore we should have empathy, and LOVE.
The great being atones for the suffering of others no matter the cause. A middling being atones for their own. A lesser being accepts no burden.
A great being cares for all beings equally. A middling being cares for family and friends, mostly. A lesser one cares for no one but self.
Paradox: a great being does not differentiate between high and low, having view. A middling being sorts out those differences. A small being uses all this to get what they want.
A lesser being walks the earth. A middling being examines the world. A great being takes wing and flies! The sky is for dancing.
Here in this land we must learn to empathize, to care, to love, to minister to each other, to feed, to heal; and most of all to fly!
Here on Earth we must learn and study our equality. To be without prejudice, to know each other’s suffering, to cherish culture and be color blind in spirit!
May the dirt on their feet be the crown on my head; may their suffering be only mine. May I wipe their eyes, and fill their hearts with LOVE.
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