Working for the Center is Most Fortunate and Important

We can see how most fortunate we are, ourselves working for the center, all the members who are working for the center, no question. Then even the people coming to study. Of course we are even more fortunate, because [we are] working, causing sentient beings to meet Dharma: so what you're doing is more fortunate, the most important thing, to benefit sentient beings.

The most important thing is to benefit sentient beings. What they really need, what they want is happiness, what they don't want is suffering. What they do not like is suffering, but due to ignorance they constantly run, constantly keep busy creating suffering, due to ignorance. What they like is happiness, but they constantly destroy the cause of happiness, as the Bodhicaryavatara says. The nature of sentient being is like that, you see. They're afraid to learn the cause of happiness. Do you understand? They're afraid to learn the cause of happiness. They're afraid to learn Dharma. They're afraid to hear Dharma. They're afraid to learn the cause of happiness; that's what the reality is. They're afraid to learn the cause of happiness! They're afraid to come to know the cause of happiness. It's really amazing, wow.

Therefore this is the best offering, this is the best, every day what you're doing, working for sentient beings, thinking to free sentient beings from suffering, to cause them happiness, especially ultimate happiness, liberation and enlightenment. Everyday you're working for that, whatever you're doing, you're working for that. So that is exactly what bodhisattvas wish, what bodhisattvas like, what buddhas wish and like. So this is the best offering to them; this is the best offering. When you cherish sentient beings, this is the best offering to them. When you offer service to sentient beings, it's the best offering to buddhas and bodhisattvas.