To Be Useful For Others - by Lama Ole Nydahl

It is established that people get happier if they do something for others. To take the other one more serious than yourself is a very noble an unselfish attitude.
Love, compassion and wisdom are of essential significance in Buddhism. Only through these it is possible to reach enlightenment. The so called "bodhisattva promise" is supportive on this way as a constant reminder and motivator. The development of the enlightened mind attitude which means the attitude to dedicate your own development for the benefit of others is supported through meditations and liberating actions (generosity, meaningful lifestyle, patience and joyful activity). If you repeat them again and again the result will be intuitive wisdom which you also need as a basis for beneficial actions for others.

Lama Ole Nydahl is a Buddhist teacher with over ten thousand students all over the world. Since more than thirty years his life has been dedicated to conveying the Buddhist teachings in the west. He is always on the road, giving lectures, holding meditations courses and taking care of Buddhist centers the world over. He teaches the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje. Lama Ole has been married for 35 years and together with his wife Hannah created that which most of us only dream about: a fulfilled, permanently joyful life.

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