Subhuti asks the Buddha the same question

 

In the Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-five Thousand Lines, Subhuti asks the Buddha, 'Bhagavan, if a noble son or daughter should set forth on the bodhisattva path, how should they stand, how should they walk, and how should they control their thoughts?'

The Buddha said to him, 'Subhuti, toward all beings maintain unbiased thoughts and speak unbiased words. Toward all beings give birth to thoughts and words of kindness instead of anger, compassion instead of harm, joy instead of jealousy, equanimity instead of prejudice, humility instead of arrogance, sincerity instead of deceit, compromise instead of stubbornness, assistance instead of avoidance, liberation instead of obstruction, kinship instead of animosity.’

~ Jeff Bickford, mahakalaradio.org 7/23/20

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Cheryl Richards