Sentient beings are like silkworms, create their own traps and die in them.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

from the book Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices

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• Very little time left for practice
• Dealing with Emotions
• Remain alone and practise the dharma
• Opposite direction to dharma
• Sources of our inspiration
• Practise whichever method works for you
• Dawn of wisdom
• Intention to benefit all sentient beings
• Sadness
• The decision to follow a spiritual path
• Absolutely nothing genuinely works
• Right intention
• As they truly are
• Merely the product of your own perception
• To reject your aggression is a weakness
• Rip that ego apart
• Spiritual practice is like riding a bicycle
• Maintaining a strong grip on the habits
• Everything we experience is a product of mind
• It’s all a matter of motivation