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

 

13
Even if you have done nothing wrong at all
And someone still tries to take your head off,
Spurred by compassion,
Take all his or her evil into you — this is the practice of a bodhisattva.

 

How is it that control (or rather, the fantasy of control) indicates a lack of freedom?

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