A Gift of Dharma for 10.27.09
by Danny Fisher
Today’s quote comes to us from Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche.
The daughter of the late 11th Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche, Her Eminence was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa as the re-incarnation of a renowned female master: the Great Dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo.
A Nyingma and Kagyu lineage holder, she is also the author of a tremendously good book entitled This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment.
Here’s the quote, which is taken from an interview with Rinpoche conducted by my dear friend Alisa Roadcup:
My teacher always said, that if you don’t love others there’s no way you can do anything good or bring any fruition to the dharma. I wouldn’t even say the word love – that’s sort of a very big project. You begin by liking others. Learn to like others for what they are. Not sort of finding why you like them, never finding a reason, but just liking others. Enjoying in whatever ways you can what brings about a good momentum in that interaction.
Give others the space to do what they are doing and then work around that situation. Therefore, in Buddhism, loving-kindness is not just spoken about as a nice thing to hear or that it sounds profound, but that there is nothing greater than loving-kindness. That, I think, is the most powerful way of really cultivating the ground of happiness in oneself and in others.
[Image via Rinpoche's official website.]
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