Thoughts come and go like a thief in an empty house –
People of Tangri, in fact there is nothing to be gained or lost.

Padampa Sangye
quoted in the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
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Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice
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- Without settling anywhere
- Have you prepared yourselves a boat
- Love and compassion for all
- There is never any time to spare
- Flying off into the bardo
- The faults within
- Happiness and suffering
- Overcoming obstacles
- You will have to go
- Abandon negative friendships
- Practice with joy and enthusiasm
- Precious human life
- Contemplating the defects of samsara
- Use riches in a constructive way
- You won’t live forever
- 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