Bodhicitta is its own success. One who has authentically taken the bodhisattva vow is spontaneously pleasant and accommodating – a gentleman, a gentlewoman. Seriously considering the benefit of others before oneself deflates the pneumatic pressure of duality. It is extraordinarily simple, ordinary, and direct—saints of all denominations have been doing it for thousands of years. They all did the same thing. They let go of self interest (the individual salvation of the pratyékabuddhayana) and are therefore free of the strategising ploys which inhibit cheerfulness. p122, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7
