The Path of Responsibility

What determines how capable you become is how much responsibility you take on.

We remain limited as we are when we think only of ourselves and shirk responsibility for others. The more you embrace responsibility for others’ well-being, the more capable you become. In this way, you fulfill your own purpose and welfare and become someone who can truly benefit others. This is certain.

This is the heart of Greater Vehicle practice: forgetting oneself and working solely for others’ benefit. One who trains like this is called a bodhisattva and ultimately a buddha.

So strive to think and act for others.

Advice to young practitioners at Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, 2nd December 2025