Piyavadana

The Buddha is not a god. We are not trying to make him into a deity, but the whole nature of reality is love and intelligence, and that we can plug into, but it’s not as a person, because we have gone behind the personality now. We are dealing with the ultimate nature of what is, and that is light and love and intelligence, which, if we open our hearts to it, corresponds to our own nature too. The Buddha isn’t something out there, who is giving us favors, kind of: “Please, Buddha, can I pass my exam next week?” It’s not like that! You will pass your exams next week if you study hard this week!

~ Venerable Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo