minor progress was made over this week in the realms of the pratice but it is not worthly of noting unless it further advances the practice and not the ego. even in it’s limited practice, the subtley of the material benefit is not unnoticed. and so, after reading a bit of the blur’s notes on the gita, i found an approraite quote from one of the priceless texts that i still have left in my possesion, the words of my perfect teacher by patrul rinpoche.
“You may guide others once you have realized emptiness and developed clairvoyance.
You may work for their benefit once for your own benefit there is no more left to do.
You may perform the transference for the dead once you have entered the path of seeing. ”
one of the wondeful beauty for tibetan buddhism is the depths of practice. no wonder the vows of the bodhisatta requires endless commitment to the benefit of all beings for countless lifetimes.