The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart
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The Bodhisattva Ideal
According to bodhic tradition, when you do any good deed, any good action, you acquire a certain amount of merit which helps you on your way. But what do you do with it? At the end, when you've accumulated it, you've gained it, you'll give it away. So this in treaty and supplication. And seventh and lastly, transference of merit and self surrender. We're saying, well, I'm open, please teach me. I would like to receive, please give. Unless there is this sort of attitude of openness, this sort of receptivity, we can gain nothing,. much less still, the bodhicitta.
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