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:
- Without settling anywhere
- Have you prepared yourselves a boat
- 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
- The freedom to practice the Dharma
- Don’t go on following the past
- Being near a spiritual teacher
- The union of clarity and emptiness