The day you were born, your death began approaching;
People of Tingri, remember: there is never any time to spare.

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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Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice:

• Love and compassion for all
• Nothing to be gained or lost
• 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
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The union of clarity and emptiness