“Until now you have cherished yourself and sought your personal well being, which has only served to cause suffering. Given this, henceforth train in transferring your neglect of others to you, and in extending your self-cherishing attitude to include others. By the force of habit it is said that it is possible to interchange these positions.”
From The Southern Lineage – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Je Gendun Jamyang
As translated in: The Southern Lineage Lamrim: An Explicit Instruction on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment – The Abbreviated Commentary Lineage of Manjughosha’s Oral Instructions by Gedun Jamyang, which is included in The Pearl Garland: An Anthology of Lamrims, translated from the Tibetan under Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche’s guidance by Rosemary Patton, Editions Guepele (France)
Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the 2012 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings, Drepung Monastery, Mundgod, India, December 2012 © Manuel Bauer/JLTOC
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