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@@ -41361,3 +41361,17 @@ such intellectual logicians.  Such intransigent stubborn “silly ones” who
 lack the eye of wisdom
   -- Sangyes Nyenpa, "Tilopa’s Mahamudra Upadesha", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+    Ordinary beings—even those who are kind and compassionate—are
+primarily motivated by self-interest and work mainly for their own benefit.
+All of their activities and thoughts are tinged by self-serving motivations
+and attitudes.  Even when they perform acts of kindness, they generally do so
+expecting praise or personal satisfaction and not because of pure altruism.
+    Bodhisattvas, however, are motivated by universal compassion, and they
+seek the ultimate goal of buddhahood in order to be of service to others.
+They embark on this path with the generation of the mind of awakening.  Unlike
+ordinary beings, who think of their own advantage, bodhisattvas consider how
+best to benefit others.
+  -- John Powers, A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, published by
+     Shambhala Publications
+