Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 151


If bodhicitta of the supreme vehicle is produced,
it makes no difference whether one is high or low,
rich or poor, smart or stupid, brahmin or outcaste;
one becomes an object of worship of the world and gods.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 150


There are two Mahayana bodhicittas;
the conventional and the ultimate.
The conventional is the wishing and setting out bodhicittas.
The ultimate is the nonconceptual, free from elaboration.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 149


In his Alamkara*, Ajita explained
the bodhicitta of the bodhisattvas,
starting with the one that is like the earth
up to the one that is like a cloud.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche
*The Ornament is the Abhisamayalamkara by Ajita Maitreya

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 148


With a ship one is delivered to the farther shore.
With a mount one reaches the place one wants to go.
With bodhicitta one is similarly conveyed
to the level of full buddhahood.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Sunday, May 27, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 147


On account of bodhicitta, the ennobled bodhisattva
views all enemies, friends, and strangers as equal
in a way that is far superior
to the way that others view them as equal
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Saturday, May 26, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 146


How could the surpassing intention
of the ordinary person, the sravakas,
and the two types of pratyekabuddhas
ever attain to the level of Mahayana bodhicitta?
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 145

Six-paramitas by Michelle Spark

Through bodhicitta all the practices of giving,
morality, patience, vigor, concentration,
and wisdom become causes for attaining enlightenment,
and they get the name "perfection" (paramita) as well.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 144


Based on different amounts of mental fortitude
these are three sorts of bodhicitta; like a king,
like a ferryman, and like a shepherd. They are known
as weak, middling, and superior, respectively
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 143


Bodhicitta transforms
afflictive emotions, suffering and fear,
and sickness and death
into a path to enlightenment
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 142


Purifying the residual impressions
and awakening (bodhi) at once to every knowable thing--
having thought about (citta) these, one sets out to achieve them.
From this comes the expression "bodhicitta"
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Monday, May 21, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 141


It is difficult for living beings
who are not holy to find a joy
like the great delight that
holy beings take in supreme bodhicitta.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 140


What is the use of working to grow a shoot
if you are without a seed? What is the use
of working to obtain complete buddhahood
if you are without bodhicitta?
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Saturday, May 19, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 139


At the beginning, in the middle,
and at the end, the bodhicitta
of the supreme vehicle is an indispensable
factor for obtaining non-abiding nirvana.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Friday, May 18, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 138


To like the bodhicitta of the supreme vehicle
is to like being in possession of bodhicitta.
To like fragrant smells is to delight
in the supreme sandalwood tree.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 137


By the power of a bodhisattva's bodhicitta,
even the enraged mind of a wild animal
right in front of you calms down;
mutual animosity is set aside and you become fast friends.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 135

When the hundred-petaled bodhicitta lotus blooms,
honey bees naturally gather
even though one does not call out,
because their minds are intent on getting pollen
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 136


The supreme precious bodhicitta
causes activities of body to accord with Dharma,
causes activities of speech to accord with Dharma,
cause activities of mind to accord with Dharma.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Monday, May 14, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 134


Since bodhicitta is the supreme thing to be protected,
one should protect it by remembering bodhicitta;
one should protect it through introspection;
one should protect it by conscientiousness.
-- The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Khunu Rinpoche

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 133

Having taken refuge, produced bodhicitta,
and amassed the two accumulations of merit
and wisdom, why shouldn't I obtaincompletely unsurpassable enlightenment?
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Saturday, May 12, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 132

Supreme bodhicitta is master
for it keeps one away from what should not be done;
it produces in full the surpassing intention,
and leads one to grasp the essential thing, altruism.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Friday, May 11, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 131

The benefit of bodhicitta is supreme,
lasting as it does for as long as cyclic existence remains,
going forth without discrimination to every living being
equal to the limits of space.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 130

Whatever it may be, a far-reaching good deed
is hard to do without bodhicitta.
Without the cow from which one milks one's wishes,
it is hard to complete all one's aims.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 129

Bodhicitta beautifies the whole appearance of a face.
Bodhicitta lends beauty to the wideness of the eyes.
Bodhicitta gives beauty to the sound of a voice.
Bodhicitta makes behavior beautiful.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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

Monday, May 7, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 127

With lasting bodhicitta in the stream of mind,
its fine if one is weak in applying oneself to other virtues.
Once one has found a wish-fulfilling gem,
it's fine if one does not seek other gems.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Sunday, May 6, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 126

Power culminates in bodhicitta.
Helping others culminates in bodhicitta.
Abandoning flaws culminates in bodhicitta.
Fearlessness culminates in bodhicitta.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 125

The philosophy connected with bodhicitta is supreme.
The dedication connected with bodhicitta is supreme.
The spiritual activity connected with bodhicitta is supreme.
The result connected with bodhicitta is supreme.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Friday, May 4, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 124

Bodhicitta unsettles even the great
vastness of the firm earth.
It is difficult indeed to comprehend the power 
of it, similar as it is to a wish-fulfilling gem.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 123

Just as the heavens are vast
so is this bodhictta vast.
Just as the seas are deep,
so is this bodhicitta deep.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta Verse 122

Those who want the lotus of high status to bloom
and to taste the honey of the highest good
rely upon the hundred light-rayed sun of bodhicitta,
the supreme origin of the buddhas and their children.
--The Jewel Lamp: A Praise to Bodhicitta  Khunu Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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