The Perfect Human Rebirth Is Very Rare
Rinpoche sent this card to a student who wrote that they were enjoying their Dharma practice.
My very dear one,
Thank you very much for your kind letter, I highly appreciate that you are engaging in the practices.
Amazing news that you are enjoying the practice. Please continue, because the perfect human rebirth with eighteen qualities (eight freedoms and ten richnesses) is very rare. It’s most rare, because every hour, every minute, the number of sentient beings born in the hell realms is like the number of dust particles; the number of sentient beings born as hungry ghosts is like the number of sand grains of the River Ganges and the number of sentient beings born as animals is like the blades of grass.
Please live your life continuously as much as possible in Dharma, especially bodhicitta, having a happy heart, a beneficial heart, to benefit others.
With much love and prayers ...