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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- 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
- How illness can teach us compassion
- Three essential points
- The choice is clear
- The mind is free of any true reality
- The Dharma is the best way of using your life
- Right here beside you
- Dreamlike obsessions
- Free of being caught by anything at all