Actions Mean More Than Words
Khadro-la, I asked, “I see people who claim to know so much about compassion, dharma, Tibetan Buddhism and bodhicitta. Yet, after the teachings in Bodhgaya, when they meet a beggar child on the street, they push them aside and speak unpleasantly to them. I see no compassion in these actions.”
Khadro-la: “We can know all about the dharma, and explain all about the dharma. However, if we never actually put it into practice, then whatever we do and however long that we do it, it does not transform our minds. Basically, it remains useless. Actually, quite the opposite happens. Our mind can become very stiff, and our ego grasping and self-cherishing becomes even bigger.
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Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la)
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