By Thubten Chodron — 2020
Thubten Chodron on how to develop bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit others.
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CLEAR ALL
Like many Westerners, I always assumed that meditation was a “spiritual” phenomenon, which I took to mean that it somehow had to do with realms beyond the physical.
Buddha-Nature theory, the idea that all beings possess in some way the potential for enlightenment, is found in all Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions.
There is no end to realization, kinds and types of awakening, or enlightenment and completeness.
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In our practice the most important thing is to realize that we have buddhanature. Intellectually we may know this, but it is rather difficult to accept.