Bodhisattva come to teach us?
Or just an incredibly annoying person?
We all know her. She’s the one who happily informs us that we’re doing something incorrectly. In front of others.
The one who commends our good work to others. Then humbly adds that she was the one who talked us into doing it.
The one who describes her memory as faultless, but gets the facts of what we accomplished wrong.
It sure feels like an incredibly annoying person, right?
Maybe not. Granted, the odds of meeting a bodhisattva are pretty slim. But the reality is that we can’t be sure. Bodhisattvas know what we need to learn. And they teach us. Things like patience in the face of frustrating circumstances. Or knowing what is truly important as opposed to what soothes our ego. Or the benefits of remaining quiet because defending ourselves would result in animosity, not the truth revealed.
With wisdom, even that annoying person can serve as our personal bodhisattva. It all depends on what we tell ourselves.
Which could be the best teaching of all.