With a determination to achieve the highest aim
For the benefit of all sentient beings,
Which surpasses even the wish-fulfilling gem,
May I hold them dear at all times.In this verse you are making the aspiration to hold all other sentient beings as supremely dear to you, because they are the basis upon which you can achieve the highest goal, which is the welfare of sentient beings. This goal surpasses even the legendary wish-fulfilling jewel, because however precious such a jewel may be, it cannot provide the highest spiritual attainment. There is also a reference here to the kindness of all other beings, and we spoke of the meaning of this earlier. It is due to other sentient beings that you can develop great compassion, the highest spiritual principle, and it is thanks to other sentient beings that you can develop bodhichitta, the altruistic intention. So it is on the basis of your interaction with others that you can attain the highest spiritual realization. From that point of view, the kindness of others is very profound.
Daily Wisdom from the Dalai Lama
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I can assure you, linvig in China, that Chinese see about as much of Mao in Obama as they also did in Bush. You know, inarticulate country bumpkin with good intentions but disastrous policies that resulted in the suffering of millions. They are sincerely enthused about Obama mainly because he is not Bush, not because he is Obama. I can’t tell you how many times, sitting in poly-sci classes at HKU, I hear the analogy of “hitting yourself in the face so often that it feels good when you stop” when referring to Bush leaving office. So yes, virtually all overseas Americans I work with did get the change they hoped for: Change. Dems could have put a lemur on the ticket and won. Hell, I think even Kerry may have been able to pull this one off.
hilitehead 
elaborate?