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Life is fragile, like a dewdrop poised on the tip of a blade of grass carried away by the first breath of the morning breeze. A sincere desire to practice the Dharma is not enough. Do not wait passively for the wind of death to carry away all your plans before you have got around to them. How to practice: we should be like a hungry yak, browsing one tuft of grass with its eyes already fixed on the next. Filled with joy, we ought to burn with enthusiasm for ...
The guru is like a wish-fulfilling jewel granting all the qualities of realization, a father and mother giving their love equally to all sentient beings, a great river of compassion, a mountain rising above worldly concerns unshaken by the winds of emotion, and a great cloud with rain to soothe the torments of the passions. In brief, he is the equal of all the buddhas. To make any connection with him, whether through seeing him, hearing his voice, remembering ...
The vow to perfect oneself in order to perfect others is called the thought of enlightenment, or bodhichitta. This implies that every single action, word or thought, even the most trivial, is dedicated to the good of all beings.To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we all the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress. In this book ...
True compassion is not limited or preferential, it is not bound by like and dislike, or by partiality of one over another. True compassion is all-encompassing, like the sky... Imagine that you are giving away to all beings whatever good things may happen to you, however small they may be--even a spoonful of good food; and at the same time, remember the unbearable sufferings that others are going through, and make up your mind to take all those sufferings upon ...