The only position from which you can never fall is the awakened state.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


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• Contemplating the defects of samsara
• Practice with joy and enthusiasm
• You won’t live forever
• Use riches in a constructive way
• Don’t go on following the past
• The freedom to practice the Dharma
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The mind is free of any true reality
• How illness can teach us compassion
• The choice is clear
• Right here beside you
• The Dharma is the best way of using your life
• Free of being caught by anything at all
• Dreamlike obsessions
• Have you prepared yourselves a boat
• Without settling anywhere
• There is never any time to spare
• Love and compassion for all
• Nothing to be gained or lost