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and recognize it as such, again we need to ignore this and let go of the self-obsessive quality of it, and generate the intention that what we are doing is of benefit to all beings.
This motivation of wishing to practice and study in order to benefit all beings without exception is a type of mind that is required to practice the special technique of mediation on the point A. Without its purity of intention and motivation it will be futile to meditate on the point A: the path to the awakened mind. Those of us who try to do this meditation mechanically and as a matter of routine get frustrated because of this very reason. That is one of the reasons why many aspirants choose to ignore this most noble aspect of our sadhana.
And this type of mind has two characteristics. The first is that it has compassion directed at all beings, which is to say that our intention is to benefit all beings.
The second characteristic is that this mind has the intelligence or wisdom to know that the use of this means is to benefit all beings, for not merely a temporary benefit but for their ultimate liberation or their ultimate freedom.
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