by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Having understood the kindness of your prime nurturer in this lifetime, extend this felt understanding gradually to other friends. Think about how when they were your mother or best of friends, they protected you with great kindness, just as your prime nurturer has done. Reflect slowly and carefully about their kindness, starting with your next slosest friend and considering, as you did above:
This person was my mother many times over the continuum of lives. even in just this lifetime, she has bestowed on me a body that supports an auspicious life through which I am able to progress spiritually. She sustained me in her womb for nine months, during which she could not behave as she wished but had to pay special attention to this burden that she carried in her body, making it heavy and difficult to move about. even though my movements would cause her pain, she would take delight in them, thinking how strong her child was, rather than becoming angry and concentrating on her pain. Her sense of closeness and dearness was great."
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