"Imagine training your mind so that when you look at every single living being, you think, 'My enlightenment depends on that being.
The drunk who just got on the bus--my enlightenment depends on him.
The soldier in Iraq--my enlightenment depends on him.
My brothers and sisters, the teller at the bank, the janitor at my workplace, the president of the United States, the suicide bombers in the Middle East, the slug in my garden, my eighth-grade boyfriend, the babysitter when I was a kid--my enlightenment depends on each of them.'
All sentient beings are actually that precious to us."
~ Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
From the book, "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig," published by Snow Lion Publications.
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