Compassion is the Basis of Achieving Enlightenment

Compassion is the Basis of Achieving Enlightenment

Date of Advice:
June 2016
Date Posted:
November 2018

In this card sent to a student, Rinpoche writes about compassion and bodhicitta.

My very dear one,
Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am so happy you have more feelings now for the animals and insects, seeing their suffering.

Compassion for others is the basis of achieving enlightenment.

Without bodhicitta there is no enlightenment. Without bodhicitta, the highest you can achieve is lower nirvana.

With much love and prayer ...