Unrequited Love

My longing for bodhichitta - my longing for awakened heart/mind - contains the passion, sorrow, and soulful ache of unrequited love.

"It isn't easy to say what bodhicitta is. If you looked it up in a buddhist dictionary, it would say something like: ' The heartfelt longing or wish or aspiration to awaken fully, so that you could benefit sentient beings. ' " - Pema Chodron, Shambhala Sun May 2004