“Adverse conditions for joyous effort:
A) Seeing that one is able to accomplish virtuous dharmas but not engaging in them
B) The discouragement that thinks: “How could I ever accomplish anything like that?”
Relying on favorable conditions for joyous effort:
A) The power of devotion
B) The power of stability
C) The power of joy
D) The power of suspension”
From Textual Outline for the Medium Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Trijang Rinpoche
As translated in: OUTLINE of Middle Length Lam-Rim with Trijang Rinpoche’s Additional Outlines by Lama Tsongkhapa (and Trijang Rinpoche). Translated by Philip Quarcoo. Unpublished DRAFT translation (May 2012) by FPMT, Inc. Download the PDF here.
Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama watches monks debate during the 2013 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings, Sera Monastery, Bylakuppe, India, December 2013, © Jeremy Russell/OHHDL
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