Doing this, we generate compassion, which eventually can lead to bodhi mind. In light of what I said, we should vow that whatever you do will be done for the benefit of sentient beings. When we sit to meditate, we should desire to sit for the benefit of sentient beings. To help others become healthy, you must learn how to be healthy too, and you must learn the ways so that you can help others also learn. This is the path of compassion.
People read stories and koans where practitioners attain enlightenment upon hearing a single word.
They think they can become enlightened by reading one or two books. People read this and think enlightenment requires little, if any, practice. They wait for enlightenment to strike them spontaneously. Very few people have become enlightened, including disciples of great patriarchs. For example, Master Ma-tzu had the greatest number of disciples in Ch'an's history.