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“Therefore, if one wishes to engage in the general stages of the path of the Great Vehicle and, specifically, in Highest Yoga Tantra, the vital goal is turning definitely the path which is shared with the beings of small and middling scope into the essence.” From The Swift Path – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment […]

“Lacking even a smattering of the experience of detachment from cyclic existence, how is it possible to give rise to a fully characterized, uncontrived Great Compassion observing other sentient beings?” From The Sacred Words of Manjushri – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by His Holiness the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso As translated in: The Interwoven […]

“Having first meditated refuge, the spirit of enlightenment and the four immeasurable qualities, reflect upon the following, reciting it seven, twenty-one times or more: In particular, for the sake of all sentient beings, my mothers, by all means I will quickly, very quickly, realize perfect, consummate Buddhahood. To that end, I will now meditate on […]

“This is how the complete body of the path that condenses all the principal points of the sutras and tantras is to be approached, and how the opportunities afforded by human rebirth are rendered meaningful.  By practicing in this graduated way, one uses the precious Buddhadharma most effectively for the benefit of oneself and others.  Jey […]

“Discriminating awareness is the eye for (seeing) the profound view of the nature of reality. It’s the pathway of mind for extracting the root of compulsive existence. It’s the treasure of good qualities praised in all the scriptural pronouncements, And is renowned as the best of lamps for dispelling the darkness of naivety. Realizing this, […]

“When you accomplish calm abiding, not only does it counteract the fault of your wisdom consciousness wandering off while correctly investigating selflessness. The fault of distraction to other objects stops for all analytical meditations that you do with the wisdom of individual investigation: on impermanence, actions and their effects, the disadvantages of cyclic existence, love, […]

“All of the mundane and supramundane good qualities of the Mahayana and Hinayana are the result of serenity and insight…. An undistracted mind is mental one-pointedness, the serenity aspect, while accurate reflection on facts and meanings refers to discerning wisdom, the insight aspect.  Thus, you must achieve all good qualities of the two vehicles through […]

“From this moment onwards Until I attain enlightenment, I shall not harbor harmful thoughts, Anger, avarice or envy. I shall cultivate pure conduct, Give up wrong-doing and desire And with joy in the vow of discipline Train myself to follow the buddhas.” From Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment by Jowo Je Atisha As translated in: The […]

“The importance of compassion at the beginning: The responsibility for liberating migrating beings depends on compassion Compassion is the preliminary of all the paths of the Mahayana Compassion is the beginning of the conduct of bodhisattvas The importance of compassion in the middle: If you do not cultivate compassion again and again, you will fall […]