Bodhichitta
At such a point, when the habit has been acquired and we are free from all attachment, we will be able to consider our bodies as of no greater moment than a plant. We will then experience no difficulty in giving away our flesh and blood. For when we have realized the natural equality of all phenomena, gold and clods of earth will be of equal value for us, space and the palm of our hands will be the same. The pleasure of being anointed with water of sandalwood on our right side and the pain of being cut with a knife on our left will be all the same. All will be equal, both good and bad. We will fully understand the dream like quality of all phenomena, and we will be free from every fear. As it is said in the Sutralankara:
For those who know that all is like a mirage –
That birth is like the entrance to a garden paradise –
In times of plenty and in times of dearth,
No fear of pain is there, no dread of the afflictions.
