Tuesday, August 14, 2007

What Good?




Tricycle's Daily Dharma: August 14, 2007

  • What Good?
    What good is meditating on patience
    If you will not tolerate insult?
    What use are sacrifices
    If you do not overcome attachment and revulsion?
    What good is giving alms
    If you do not root out selfishness?
    What good is governing a great monastery
    If you do not regard all beings as your beloved parents?

    --The Life of Milarepa, trans. by Lobsang P. Lhalunga