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@@ -41501,4 +41501,25 @@ that, you can expand to others as well.  So you are full, but at the same
 time, you are empty.
   -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom & Compassion",
      published by Shambhala Publications.
+~
+Traditionally, many subtle distinctions are made about the various
+characteristics and levels of the development of bodhichitta.  Chagme Rinpoche
+mentions these and says, “If you are studying to become a scholar, you need
+to know all of these distinctions.  But if you are a practitioner, these
+distinctions are extremely unimportant.”  For example, I arrived here at
+these teachings by traveling in airplanes and automobiles.  Now, I might
+wonder, “Who built the airplane I traveled in?  How does it work?”  But, in
+fact, I don’t know the answers to any of these things because it is not
+important for me to know these things.  What is important is that I got on an
+airplane and flew thousands of miles and was able to get here.  In the same
+way, I regularly travel by automobile, and I might wonder, “How do you make
+an automobile?  Who made this automobile?  How does it work exactly?”  From
+one point of view, of course, it is good to know these things, but from the
+point of view of actually getting somewhere, it is not important.  What is
+important is that I got in a car and I came here.  So, from one point of view,
+it might be important to know all about the various aspects and
+characteristics of bodhichitta, but according to Karma Chagme, it is perfectly
+okay if you don’t.
+  -- Khenchen Thrangu, "Luminous Clarity: A Commentary on Karma Chagme’s
+     Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen", published by Shambhala Publications