[231] Unless of an enlightened community,
groupthink can nurse small-minded collective delusion
instead of big-heartedly tapping upon wisdom of the larger masses.
[232] Stand up against injustice,
lest it perpetuates unchecked,
but realise that so-called injustices are personal karmic effects too.
A Middle Path between outright resistance
and resigned acceptance is needed.
Just do what should be done to make things right
while maintaining peace of mind.
[233] Our limited sacrifices for others are
infinitesimal in comparison to that of
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for all beings.
As long as we do not see their greatness and aspire to be like them,
we will remain as limited beings.
[234] The ignoble counts his sacrifices for others.
The noble counts his blessings in being able to be of service to others.
[235] The Bodhisattva path is to sacrifice
the sense of self by helping others as selflessly as possible
until there is no more ‘self’ to ‘sacrifice’.
[236] The ignoble sacrifice little for
worldly matters and lament much.
The noble sacrifice much for
spiritual matters and lament not.
[237] One who frets doing a minute more of Dharma work,
and cannot wait to rush back to worldly life
is probably not spiritually motivated enough for Dharma work.
One’s immediate Dharma ‘work’ should be to learn more of the Dharma instead.
[238] Any work becomes Dharma work
when done to express and increase
compassion and wisdom for one and all.
[239] Dharma work is Dharma practice.
If Dharma work is not seen as Dharma practice,
it is not Dharma work, but just worldly work.
[240] The essential Dharma work is to sacrifice self
for propagating the Dharma,
with as little sense of sacrifice or self as possible.
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