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   -- Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, "Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya’s
      Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries"
 ~
+Compassion and generosity must be accompanied by detachment.  Expecting
+something in return for them is like doing business.  If the owner of a
+restaurant is all smiles with his customers, it is not because he loves them
+but because he wants to increase his turnover.  When we love and help others,
+it should not be because we find a particular individual likable but because
+we see that all beings, whether we think of them as friends or enemies, want
+to be happy and have the right to happiness.
+  -- The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, in "On the Path to
+     Enlightenment: Heart Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters",
+     Shambhala Publications
+~
+Examining the understanding of heat in Vajrayana gives insight into tantra’s
+somewhat different embrace of classical Buddhist imagery.  From this
+perspective, the experience of mental burning is indeed the central suffering
+of our lives.  It is the experiential dimension of the intensity of our
+obscurations, whether emotional, conceptual, or habitual.  But rather than
+attempting to put out the flames with meditation methods, it is important to
+allow the burning to occur during practice.  Certainly in the foundational
+stages of the path we must learn not to become engulfed in the flames, to tame
+the wild mind and emotions, and to train ourselves to open further to
+experience.  Finally, however, through Vajrayana practice under the guidance
+of a guru, the burning we experience becomes a great teacher and a great
+blessing.
+  -- Judith Simmer-Brown, "Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in
+     Tibetan Buddhism", Shambhala Publications