Sacred Worship

  However, merely having compassion is not enough. We must rescue sentient beings from suffering and put them on the path of happiness.  But at the moment we ourselves are not free. We do not have full knowledge or full power. We are completely bound by our own karma and defilements.  So how can we help?  The sole most effective way to help sentient beings is to attain perfect enlightenment, because if we attain perfect enlightenment then even during a single moment we can rescue countless sentient beings.  This perfect enlightenment does not arise without proper causes an d conditions, and they come from following the Mahāyāna path.  The first step is to have a very sincere wish to attain perfect enlightenment. Then you must practice. The main goal of practice is to develop both method and wisdom. In order to fly, you need two wings, and, similarly, in order to attain enlightenment, you need two supports: the method to realize wisdom and wisdom itself. These two depend on each ot

    Knock, And He'll open the door Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything. 🌻 Jalal Ad-Din Rumi

  THE MANTHANA There is a manthana within our minds a tremendous churning of thought, all the time. The good and the bad fight it out and win and lose  each day, the same old bout. Should i, should i not, is it right ?  is it fair?  does it matter if it's wrong do i really care? There is an Ocean within our mind a sea of objects to find, emotions to bind And so it goes twist and turn and twist again day after day after day a manthan in our minds. And so it goes and then one day, We turn to find  lurking in the heart Shiva, a drinker of all the poison spill of poison thought Shiva, timeless owner of the heart. And one day, we finally follow that heart, we finally, follow that heart. 🌻   Shail Gulhati ( Heartfelt Gratitude..) Image Credit - Unknown Artist ( Heartfelt Gratitude..)