Before awakening our existence is a senseless running about in circles

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shriadishakti , " jagbir singh "

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>

> They say that booming Bangalore is a true cosmopolitan city with

> liberal attitudes, and down-to-earth people with a lot of civic

> sense. What more can we ask of an enviroment to flourish

> economically, socially and spiritually?

>

 

" Enlightenment . . . is the liberation from suffering . . . the

potential spark of Illumination within us. The discovery of this

spark is the beginning of the Bodhisattva-Path, which achieves the

liberation from suffering and from the fetters of egohood not by a

negation of life, but by service to our fellow-beings, while

striving towards Perfect Enlightenment. Therefore it is said in

Santideva's immortal work 'The Path towards Enlightenment'

(Bodhicaryavatara):

 

He who wants to avoid the hundredfold pain of existence,

Who wants to still the suffering of sentient beings,

Who wants to enjoy the hundredfold happiness [of the spirit],

Such a one must never abandon the Thought of Enlightenment.

As soon as the thought of Enlightenment takes root in him,

The miserable one who is fettered by passions to the prison of

existence becomes immediately a son of the Buddhas.

He becomes worthy of veneration in the world of men and of gods.

As soon as this thought has taken possession of this unclean body it

transforms it into the precious gem of a Buddha's body.

Therefore, take hold of this elixir, which causes this wonderful

transformation, and which is called the Thought of Enlightenment.

 

Bodhi-citta is here the spark of that deeper consciousness, which in

the process of enlightenment is converted from a latent into an

active all-penetrating and radiating force. Before this awakening

has taken place, our existence is a senseless running about in

circles; and since we cannot find any meaning within ourselves, the

world around us appears equally meaningless. "

        

Lama Anagarika Govinda

Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism