http://lodenjinpa.com/introduction-to-the-illumination-of-the-thought/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:34:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://lodenjinpa.com/introduction-to-the-illumination-of-the-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-34465 Loden Jinpa Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:25:15 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/?p=624#comment-34465 Thank you for the kind words. We do need to be careful when making such promises though. Because if we do not complete the task, we are in effect creating habits to not complete tasks. For this reason, Shantideva 8th CE Indian Buddhist monk and tells us in his Bodhicaryavatara to think carefully before starting any task but, once started one should never give up! Thank you for the kind words. We do need to be careful when making such promises though. Because if we do not complete the task, we are in effect creating habits to not complete tasks. For this reason, Shantideva 8th CE Indian Buddhist monk and tells us in his Bodhicaryavatara to think carefully before starting any task but, once started one should never give up!

]]> http://lodenjinpa.com/introduction-to-the-illumination-of-the-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-34463 Christine Forest, M.D. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:16:41 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/?p=624#comment-34463 "By promising to complete a text they are in effect creating the cause via motivation for this to actually occur." It's a good lesson for all of us to learn: promising to complete a difficult task, will create in us the motivation to go through with it. Beautifully said. “By promising to complete a text they are in effect creating the cause via motivation for this to actually occur.” It’s a good lesson for all of us to learn: promising to complete a difficult task, will create in us the motivation to go through with it. Beautifully said.

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