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“When at the top of the ladder kings, ministers, and whole countries fight, or when on the bottom rung their subjects, families, etc., argue – or even when monks squabble – self-cherishing is at fault…. When you die from poison, or from undigested food, you do not really die of poison: because of your self-cherishing […]

“If you wonder how you are to help them [living beings], think: ‘I will care for them by providing the hungry with food , the thirsty with drink, those suffering from illness with medicine, the poor with material goods and so forth, which will alleviate each of these kinds of temporary suffering.  However, more importantly, […]

“Those who now appear to be enemies have been my mother many times in former lives.  They have nursed me with milk, cared for me with love, worked for my welfare, and protected me from all harm.  Those who now appear to be friends have been my worst enemy in former lives.  Numerous times they […]

“With the darkness of confusion concerning the points to adopt or reject Not dispelled by the lamp of perfect learning, If you do not know even the path, what need to speak Of entering the supreme city of liberation! Therefore, not content with a partial or superficial understanding Of the treatises of the Invincible Lord […]

“I request inspiration to take to heart, with mindfulness, alertness, And great care, induced by this pure motivating thought, The practices for individual liberation, The root of the teachings.” From Foundation of All Good Qualities by Je Tsong Khapa As translated in: Foundation of All Good Qualities by Tsongkhhapa. Translated by Alex Berzin. PDF available from The Berzin Archives. […]

“By thinking over and over again That actions and their effects are unbetraying And repeatedly contemplating the miseries of cyclic existence, Attraction to the appearances of future lives is reversed.” From The Three Principal Aspects of the Path by Je Tsong Khapa As translated in: The Three Principles of the Path by Lama Tsong Khapa. Translated by Lama Zopa […]

“Worthy of refuge are those who are entirely free of all personal fears, Who are skilled in the methods to free others from their frights, And whose compassion encompasses all. Although the Conqueror has already provided the external conditions for it, You must provide the internal conditions: trust and firm regard of them as a […]

“At this time when I have encountered the precious teachings of the Buddha which are difficult to encounter, should I not obtain from now onwards [either] a state of utter and perfect Buddhahood [or] a supreme Liberation which has abandoned all of the suffering of cyclic existence, I will have to experience yet again the […]

As is said in the Florilege of Hearing: Through hearing, on will know the Dharmas; Through hearing, one will turn away from sin; Through hearing, one will forsake the meaningless; Through hearing, one will attain Nirvana. Initially, to ascertain through hearing, [as is said] in a Sutra: Listen intensely, well and memorize! From The Sacred Words of […]

“At the time of death everything but the teaching is useless. No matter how great the affection that my circle of loved ones has for me, I cannot take a single one of them with me. No matter how large a collection of lovely belongings I have, I cannot bring the tiniest portion of it […]