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This last superior mind is bodhicitta and the one recommended by the Mahāyāna masters before beginning any project or activity. | This last superior mind is bodhicitta and the one recommended by the Mahāyāna masters before beginning any project or activity. | ||
Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a twentieth-century teacher of bodhicitta, thus writes in ''The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta'': | Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a twentieth-century teacher of bodhicitta, thus writes in ''The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta'' (''Byang chub sems kyi bstod pa rin chen sgron ma''): | ||
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|quote-text=Should one launch something, launch with bodhicitta. | |quote-text=Should one launch something, launch with bodhicitta. | ||
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Should one examine something, examine with bodhicitta. (v. 98)<ref>Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, ''Byang chub sems kyi bstod pa rin chen sgron ma'' (Dharamsala: Dga' ldan pho brang, 2018), 29, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW8LS66303.</ref> | Should one examine something, examine with bodhicitta. (v. 98)<ref>Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, ''Byang chub sems kyi bstod pa rin chen sgron ma'' (Dharamsala: Dga' ldan pho brang, 2018), 29, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW8LS66303.</ref> | ||
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Patrul Rinpoche, a paragon of bodhicitta practice in nineteenth-century Tibet, also proclaimed in his ''Aspiration to Generate Bodhicitta'': | Patrul Rinpoche, a paragon of bodhicitta practice in nineteenth-century Tibet, also proclaimed in his ''Aspiration to Generate Bodhicitta'' (''Bskal mang gong nas sogs''): | ||
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|quote-text=If present, this alone is sufficient for reaching buddhahood. | |quote-text=If present, this alone is sufficient for reaching buddhahood. | ||