Don't think: "If that patron or person should become ill or die, I would receive a lot of food and money" or "If this fellow monk or these dharma companions were to die, I would obtain their images and books" or "If my colleagues were to die, all the merit would come to me alone" or "Wouldn't it be wonderful if all my enemies were to die!"

In a word, you must refrain from hoping for suffering to come to others as a way of extending your own comfort and happiness.

From THE GREAT PATH OF AWAKENING, by Jamgn Kongtrul, translated by Ken McLeod. 1993 by Ken McLeod.
Published by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston.