The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they become friends.

Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit, social position, or recognition expresses the activity of Chenrezig.
BOKAR RINPOCHE

Benefits Compassion Heart Profit
Fear appears from a false vision of reality.
BOKAR RINPOCHE

Appear Reality Vision
This thought is like a wave which forms on the surface of the ocean. When we leave this thought alone, do nothing with it, not “seizing” it, it subsides by itself into the mind where it came from.
BOKAR RINPOCHE

Alone Mind Seize Surface Tight Waves Way
The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they become friends.
BOKAR RINPOCHE

Enemy Fruit Meditation

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