Just like the lotus among flowers
is bodhicitta supreme among all virtuous thoughts.
Since having it brings immediate and final happiness,
one should make every effort to produce it.

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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