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@@ -39613,3 +39613,16 @@ gaining certainty with regard to the teachings.  Their opposites are
 animosity, discouragement and reluctance to engage with the teachings.
   -- from "The Six Perfections: An Oral Teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen",
      Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications.
+~
+Bodhichitta can be understood as a quality of intention, sometimes called a
+“great will.” This great will does not come from the ego; it is
+paradoxically an intention that arises through the surrender of the ego.  As
+the ego lets go of its assumption that it has a real understanding of what is
+needed in the path of awakening, it surrenders to a deeper quality of will and
+wisdom.  The shift from the ego’s center of will to the intention of our
+buddha nature to awaken us for the welfare of others aligns us with a source
+of will far beyond our limited sense of self.  I have often described this
+will as a river of intention, which once stepped into becomes an undercurrent
+in all we do in our life.
+  -- Rob Preece, "Preparing for Tantra: Creating the Psychological Ground for
+     Practice", published by Shambhala and Snow Lion Publications.