Protection
The Dharma itself cannot fail us, because it is how things really are. It
won't fail us because the protection that the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
give is to the mind. How they protect our mind is what is explained in the
verses to follow, which are concerned with how to use the adverse
circumstances we are likely to meet in samsara and transform them into our
opportunities for practice. That's where the mind is protected, because it
can never be crushed. Because we have the methods by which we can always
surmount, transcend, and transform the difficulties we meet. This is one way
that the Three Jewels are a protection for our own mind.
-- from "The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion", by Jetsunma Tenzin
Palmo, published by Shambhala Publications
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