The Heart of Meditation

The Heart of Meditation - Dalai Lama

The Heart of Meditation- the thing that brings it alive- is compassion.  This is not an ordinary compassion but one that is developed and expanded in parallel with wisdom that arises through meditation.  Without an essential foundation, other practices are pointless.  Fortunately, the mind can be trained in compassion, and the mind thus trained in fertile ground for the practice of the Great Completeness (Dzogchen), which is considered the pinnacle of spiritual practice y many in Tibetan Buddhism.