It is because of bodhicitta that one gives up
the pleasure of meditative concentration,
and in order to relieve others of their suffering
goes down to the deepest hell as if into a pleasure park.

Khunu Rinpoche

from the book Vast As the Heavens, Deep As the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta

translated by Gareth Sparham


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