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76 Be it immediate or through a sequence of events bodhicitta unites wandering beings equal to the limits of space with present and lasting happiness.
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78 The sun makes its way along the path of the sky. The elephant of the directions makes its way around the shores of the ocean. The fame of the Sage makes its way to every ear. This bodhicitta makes its way to the hearts of the good.
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81 The fact that the more terrible the conditions become for the bodhisattva, the more they serve as an aid to their goodness is, I think, due to bodhicitta.
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84 Butchers are skilled in the secrets of life. Carpenters are skilled in the secrets of wood. Bodhisattvas who have the great surge of thought are skilled in the secrets of bodhicitta.
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94 Within the lotus is the essential nectar of the flower. Within the bodhisattva is bodhicitta. The [former] is merely beneficial to some. The [latter] is supremely beneficial to all.
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104 Bodhicitta is the supreme essence that is obtained [from churning] the milk ocean of the Guru Buddha’s teachings. So until one is enlightened, one should make an effort to treat it as important.
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105 It might be possible to lasso the wind. It might be possible for sandalwood to have warmth. It might be possible for light to turn to darkness. It is impossible for bodhicitta ever to betray you.
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Bodhicitta like a torch lighting the way

Build it up with confidence

Benefiting others exponentially
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Bodhicitta is worth working hard for

Healing everybody

The alternative is falling into the lower realms
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104 Bodhicitta is the supreme essence that is obtained [from churning] the milk ocean of the Guru Buddha’s teachings. So until one is enlightened, one should make an effort to treat it as important.
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105 It might be possible to lasso the wind. It might be possible for sandalwood to have warmth. It might be possible for light to turn to darkness. It is impossible for bodhicitta ever to betray you.
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108 One whose mindstream is ornamented with bodhicitta is free from obscuration, stops doing harm to self and others, and is empowered to bring together a great surge of good qualities.
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118 Even if all of the wholesome thoughts of earthlings were to be gathered together into one, it would not compare with a fraction of bodhicitta, just as [ordinary] trees [cannot compare with] the pārijātaka tree.
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120 When bodhicitta has been taken as a friend it is as reliable as the axial mountain, and no matter how great a terror there may be, like a lion it is ever free from fear.
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121 If non-artificial, precious bodhicitta is produced and does not degenerate but further increases, it is absolutely definite that the stage of the knowledge of all modes of meditation will be obtained.
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128 In a crowd of scholars bodhicitta makes one attractive. In a crowd of fools bodhicitta makes one attractive. In a crowd of ordinary folk bodhicitta makes one attractive. Bodhicitta produces joy for all.
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Altruism is a form of freedom because we are not so trapped in our ego.
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