A Note on Liberation and the World For a long time, I carried the erroneous thought that I shouldn’t be happy while there was so much craziness in the world. I heard this echoed in some Buddhist circles too—that the Bodhisattva, out of compassion, vows to be the last  to be liberated. I’ve heard people say, “How can I be happy with all the suffering around me?” What I’ve come to understand is this: your liberation is the best thing you can do for the world. We aren’t trying t