What the world needs more than anything is bodhisattvas, active servants of peace, “clothed,” as Longchenpa said, “in the armor of perseverance,” dedicated to their bodhisattva vision and to the spreading of wisdom into all reaches of our experience. We need bodhisattva lawyers, bodhisattva artists and politicians, bodhisattva doctors and economists, bodhisattva teachers and scientists, bodhisattva technicians and engineers, bodhisattvas everywhere, working consciously as channels of compassion and wisdom at every level and in every situation of society; working to transform their minds and actions and those of others, working tirelessly in the certain knowledge of the support of the buddhas and enlightened beings for the preservation of our world and for a more merciful future.
~ Sogyal Rinpoche
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Sogyal Rinpoche: Bodhisattvas
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The bodhisattva path is one that I follow. Thank-you for this post. Sogyal Rinpoche is a gem of knowledge and compassion. He is one of the teachers that has greatly impacted me. I bow to him deeply.
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