cultivating patience
Nov 07, 2008 | Categorized Under: Buddhism | | CommentsI recently read a few lines of “lam rim chen mo” and came across the following quote, taken out of “garland of birth stories”:
From the sky to the earth is a long way. From the distant shore of the ocean to the closest edge is also a long way. From the mountains of the east to the mountains of the west is an even longer way. But from the ordinary person to the sublime teaching is longer yet than that.
Hopefully one day we will be a better students. And meanwhile let’s continue our way…