Great Compassion

There is Karuna (compassion) and there is Mahakaruna (great compassion). Sometimes we are so tired that we want to liberate ourselves and get out of this samsara. But we constructed the world in such a way that to propel it further, someone always has to take our place in suffering and pay the price for us.

When we realise this deeply, great compassion is born in us. We don’t wish to escape but we vow to practice, find a way out and keep taking birth until all the suffering is transformed. Why? Because someone or the other, continues to suffer behind as we did. In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha compares the great compassion to a thunder. It’s not a passive thing. It is so alive, and it goes forth like a lion’s roar.

With great compassion in our hearts, we are always protected, and we will find ways to tirelessly act in such a way that we bring peace and joy to all beings. Even if the gates of heaven are wide open for us, we don’t wish to enjoy the inert bliss till we perfect ourselves and help all beings. This is the vow of all Buddhas and all noble beings of the past. They let go of the heavens to help all beings! What a courage! Their compassion roars, therefore, like a thunder — sending the insights of love and peace across ten directions~

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