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?
--from /The Life of Milarepa,/ trans. by Lobsang P. Lhalunga
from /Everyday Mind,/ edited by Jean Smith, a /Tricycle/ book
