Those who have attained Buddhahood did so by cultivating loving kindness, compassion, generosity and patience towards living beings. It follows that if there were no sentient beings, we could not attain enlightenment; therefore, for us, there is no difference between the kindness of Buddhas and that of sentient beings. Especially, consider that all those who cause harm are as benevolent as spiritual friends. To repay their beneficence, even if unable to respond to injury by tangibly helping them, we bring about their benefit by means of wishes and words.
If you are able even when distracted, you have trained well.
Even when distracted, able riders do not fall from their horses. Similarly, even when harm-doers and their like suddenly appear, if we do not experience anger but use the situation to enhance our lojong practice, the mind has been well-trained.
Training must continue until Buddhahood has been achieved!
-- from "A Concise Lojong Manual", by Konchok Yenlak, the 5th Shamarpa
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