The Benefit of Pure Love and Joy

The Benefit of Pure Love and Joy

Date of Advice:
August 2014
Date Posted:
August 2014

A student wrote that the more he held pure love and joy, the more it brought people to him who needed to feel that, so he was working on deepening his compassion. Rinpoche gave the following advice.

My very dear David,
Thank you very much for your kind letter, especially after ten years. Yes, that’s the benefit of pure love and joy—then definitely you will be kind to people and people will like you. That is very good.

Even people who are non-believers, who don’t know about karma and reincarnation, with a good heart it’s possible to create a lot of good karma in daily life. [This is possible] with a kind heart, but without a kind heart, then for non-believers there can be the biggest suffering, a very suffering life, and that’s why so many people commit suicide.

Thank you very much and I hope to see you soon. Please make your life most meaningful with the thought of bodhicitta day and night, and in every action you do.

With much love and prayers...