The Hundred Verses of Advice

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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 practice, never falling into indolence or apathy, or thinking that we have made enough effort. In Indian yogi and spiritual master Padampa Sangye was a great traveler. Chronicles say that he crossed the Nepa-Tibet border in 1091. Having remained ten years in Tibet, he traveled for twelve years in China, and returned to the Land of Snow until his death. Before passing away at Tingir in 1117, as a last teaching, he gave these Hundred Verses of Spiritual Advice to the People of Tingri. Each of these verses is generously commented by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in a most lucid and direct way, showing that the “people or Tingri” are none others than all seekers of truth. With great love, but without any concession, Khyentse Rinpoche give us a magnificent teaching on how to turn our thoughts to what truly matters in life, practice with our whole being, and discover the ultimate nature of mind.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, whose remarkable life came to an end in September, 1991, was one of the foremost poets, scholars, philosophers and meditation masters of the Mahayana, Mahamudra and Great Perfection traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism. He was highly respected by thousands of students in Tibet and throughout the world. The text he presents here is the Seven Point Mind training, brought to Tibet by teh Indian master Atisha. This teahing is the very core of the entire practice of Tibetan Buddhism. It condenses the compassionate path to Buddhahood into practical instructions which make use of all the circumstances of everyday life. Khyentse Rinpoche gave this commentary in the Dordogne, France, during his last visit to the West. He speaks frankly from his heaert, drawing on his own life long experience. The fact that Rinpoche has departed from this world adds much poignancy to his words, which many of his students regard as his parting gift.

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Title
The Hundred Verses of Advice
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Edition
2nd Revised ed.
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ISBN
8174720881
Length
104p., Notes; 22cm.
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