new fortune.

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@@ -38649,3 +38649,27 @@ by any kind of focus; it is called “the great meditation that is
 nonmeditation.”
   --Tulku Pema Rigtsal, "The Great Secret of Mind: Special Instructions on the
     Nonduality of Dzogchen", translated by Keith Dowman.
+~
+       Who is more shameless in this world,
+       Than one who abandons to samsara’s ocean of suffering
+       All the mothers who have tenderly cared for him since beginningless time
+       And instead strives toward the peace of a solitary nirvana?
+         --Shechen Gyaltsap Pema Namgyal
+
+  In each of our lives since beginningless time, our mother carried us within
+her body for nine months.  She took care of us when we were helpless babies;
+she gave us food, education, and protection.  In return, we feel love and
+gratitude for her kindness.
+  Why not extend our respect and appreciation for our mother to everyone else?
+If we take a broader perspective, we can consider that, within the countless
+existences we have lived, every being has been our mother at one time or
+another.  Don’t they also deserve our kindness now?  We can extend the same
+debt of gratitude that we owe our present mother to all sentient beings.  By
+doing so, we naturally begin to develop a deep concern for the happiness of
+others, and this feeling makes sense to us.
+  We take the refuge vow not just for our own sake, but also for the sake of
+all sentient beings.  This is bodhichitta, or the altruistic mind, which aims
+for the enlightenment of all sentient beings.
+  --Shechen Rabjam, "The Great Medicine That Conquers Clinging to the Notion
+    of Reality: Steps in Meditation on the Enlightened Mind"
+