Think from time to time of all the defects of samsara;
People of Tingri, that will make your faith become much clearer.

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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• Rather than being trapped by your perceptions
• The freedom to practice the Dharma
• Don’t go on following the past
• Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• 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
• Free of being caught by anything at all
• Without settling anywhere
• Have you prepared yourselves a boat
• Love and compassion for all
• Nothing to be gained or lost
• There is never any time to spare
• Flying off into the bardo