The key to lasting happiness in the practice of mahayana buddhism is this two fold practice that leads to enlightenment. First, our pure motive is that all sentient beings are to be removed from states of pain and suffering. Sentient beings are animals, spirits, and humans. Of these three, humans are the only group that can at this time become buddhas. We make every effort to alleviate their pain and show them how to discipline their minds, speech, and bodies, in order to become free of the emotional loop they have placed themselves in called Samsara. The second aspect of bodhicitta is to always remember that this universe is illusory and that every one is only light and energy and that all this drama is like a dream.

We are to put this ultimate truth into our relative situation though constant practice in meditation, then mix that into all of our every day activities 24 hours a day, seven days a week, right through dying, death of the body, and our next life. Remember that the benefit of this to all beings is based on unconditional love, altruistic compassion, insight and emotional stability. Ah women !!!