When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past.


Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2016) - ISBN: 9780861718269

Hsing Yun Quotes

When Buddhists say, A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause, they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots...

When Buddhists say, A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause, they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots...

When Buddhists say, A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause, they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots...

When Buddhists say, A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause, they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots...