Digging the Dharma

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 65

2012-03-05T06:00:00.000-05:00

If even the Buddha does not take the full

measure of the goodness of bodhicitta, it goes without saying

that ordinary sravakas, pratyekabuddhas,

and the finest aryas do not either.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 64

2012-03-04T10:06:00.000-05:00

With bodhicitta, one does not do things

for gain, devotion, or praise;

and even if one gets those things

like gold one does not change.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 63

2012-03-03T10:29:00.001-05:00

If you do not have bodhicitta, then even though

you have some other spiritual practice

you will not become enlightened. If you do not have

the life power, the other sense powers do not function.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 62

2012-03-02T06:00:00.000-05:00

With bodhicitta self and others are equal.

With bodhicitta there is an exchange of self for others.

With bodhicitta others are cherished more than oneself.

With bodhicitta there is the plenty that fulfills both purposes.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 61

2012-03-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

Bodhicitta serves as the foundation

for every bodhisattva deed,

just as the earth serves as the foundation

for the vast foliage of a leafy tree.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 60

2012-02-29T07:39:00.000-05:00

Even in a dream, others are not there

for one's own selfish aims

when there is this amazing concern for others

that arises with bodhicitta.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 59

2012-02-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Bodhicitta gets rid of malice.

Through bodhicitta one obtains concentration.

Bodhicitta produces wisdom.

Thing go well if you hold on to supreme bodhicitta.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 58

2012-02-27T06:00:00.000-05:00

It is proper to set up the throne of a cakravartin emperor

in a place of vast prosperity.

The sprout of bodhicitta is produced as well

in a mind of vast goodness.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 57

2012-02-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

A cakravartin emperor does not grace a dirty place.

Bodhicitta does not exist in a wicked mind. If you wish to produce

the supreme bodhicitta, give importance to the purification

of your own mindstream through the four opponent powers.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 56

2012-02-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

If one does not have bodhicitta,

one will not obtain non-abiding nirvana;

if one does not obtain non-abiding nirvana,

one will be impeded by the two chains.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 55

2012-02-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

It seems to be one of the dimensions of bodhicitta

that the hardships of heat and cold, hunger and thirst, and so forth

that come when one does something to help others

do not get one down but rather give one's spirit a boost.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 54

2012-02-23T06:00:00.000-05:00

Even an ordinary person gets called "bodhisattva"

when bodhicitta is produced,

and becomes an object of homage and devotion

for gods and humans.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 53

2012-02-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

With bodhicitta one achieves high status;

with bodhicitta one achieves the highest good;

for this reason the story of bodhicitta

graces the lips of the holy ones.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 52

2012-02-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

If one has bodhicitta as one's motivation,

whatever one does also becomes a great vastness of good.

From the medicinal root that cures diseases,

the medicinal shoots are born.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 51

2012-02-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

What is as dependable as bodhicitta?

What is as courageous as bodhicitta?

What is as confident as bodhicitta?

What is as peaceful as bodhicitta?

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 50

2012-02-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Bodhicitta gets rid of nastiness

Bodhicitta banishes suffering

Bodhicitta frees one from fear.

Bodhicitta stops bad conduct.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 49

2012-02-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

A learned monk, a holder of settled accomplishments,

even possession of an analytic intellect

yet without bodhicitta--

who would aspire to that?

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 48

2012-02-17T06:00:00.000-05:00

Bodhicitta comes from knowing that all have served as one's mother,

from recollecting and repaying their kindness, from love,

from compassion, and from surpassing intention;

it is the source of happiness and benefit for oneself and others.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 47

2012-02-16T06:00:00.000-05:00

Though there are many things like ketaka

that clear away impurities from water,

it is hard to find anything other than bodhicitta

to clear away the impurities of the afflictions.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 46

2012-02-15T06:00:00.000-05:00

Those who wish for liberation should keep to this

through-road of bodhicitta that leads to the city

of non-abiding nirvana, falling neither to the

extreme of the world nor to the extreme of peace.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 45

2012-02-14T06:00:00.000-05:00

Those who have tasted the taste of bodhicitta

are hardly going to like the other tastes

of sugar cane milk, the milk squeezed

from mango branches, or honey.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 44

2012-02-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

If you ask what is the sweetest sound in the world,

even if many refined people were to investigate it,

I don't think you will hear anything

but the word "bodhicitta."

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 43

2012-02-12T06:00:00.000-05:00

This tremendous conflagration of bodhicitta

that burns the seasoned firewood

of the three kinds of afflictions

does not act like ordinary fire.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 42

2012-02-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

Without arrogance when things go well,

not depressed when time are hard,

unharmable by anything--

this bodhicitta gold.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 41

2012-02-10T06:00:00.000-05:00

This bodhicitta that serves as a sword

to cut the shoots of the afflictions

is the weapon for the protection

of all wandering beings.

--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche