Ken McLeod continues his commentary on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva with the tenth verse. Watch the other videos here.

 

10
If all your mothers, who love you,
Suffer for time without beginning, how can you be happy?
To free limitless sentient beings,
Give rise to awakening mind — this is the practice of a bodhisattva.

Think about your relationships and the other difficult things—feelings, memories, situations—that recur in life. Take a moment and picture yourself free of these things. What happens?

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