Frequenting evil friends is bound to make your own behavior evil;
People of Tingri, abandon any friendships that are negative.
Padampa Sangye
from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
translated by Padmakara Translation Group
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- How illness can teach us compassion
- Three essential points
- The choice is clear
- The mind is free of any true reality
- The Dharma is the best way of using your life
- Right here beside you
- Dreamlike obsessions
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- Without settling anywhere
- Have you prepared yourselves a boat
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- Nothing to be gained or lost
- There is never any time to spare
- Flying off into the bardo
- The faults within
- Happiness and suffering
- Overcoming obstacles
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