當我們在談論發起慈悲心時，我們討論的重點是發自內心的真誠態度。如各位所知，所謂的真實有時是個人主觀的認定。在這個時代，人們可以造假——表面如此，實際不然。真正的慈悲是發自內心利益他人，而不是以作秀爲目的。我們必須悟入真心，令能真實啓發我們的慈悲心，而了解發慈悲心才是修行的要點。我們必須探究爲什麼我們要培養慈悲。發現真正的原因之後，我們才能在修習「施受法」時産生真正的慈悲心。

　　When we talk of generating loving kindness and compassion, we are talking about the importance of the genuineness of this attitude. Authenticity is something personal, which one would know. These are times when people can fake it, externally demonstrating one thing, while, internally, something else is going on. We are talking about genuine compassion, sincerely for the benefit of others, not for the purpose of deceptive show. We must access the true resources of our minds ourselves, finding the facts that genuinely inspire one to generate loving kindness and compassion, understanding that generating loving kindness and compassion is the primary point. We must personally probe the real reasons why one should cultivate loving kindness and compassion. Having found the genuine reasons, then one can truly begin to generate the mind of loving kindness and compassion by applying the practice of tonglen, taking and sending.