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Cultivate Good Heart, Not Clever Mind
We have enough “clever minds”. We need more “good hearts.” The latter is more
likely to make a lasting change in the world view of the donor that has a ripple
effect on both the individual and society. You help because you can. The helping
is its own reward. Any expectation detracts from the value of what you do. In
this coming year do write out checks to worthy causes. But do, also, personally
engage in some act of service. The life you change will be your own. Be a ‘good
heart’. Not a ‘clever mind’.
Dr. Robert Thurman was professor of
Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and I believe he was the
first Westerner to be ordained a monk by the Dalai Lama. Subsequently, he left
monk-hood but continued to spread the good word.
By
Srikumar Rao
