Even to hear the teachings is something very rare, which only happens once in aeons. That you have met the Dharma now is not just coincidence. It results from your past positive actions. Such an opportunity should not be wasted. If your mind is in accord with Dharma, you will not experience any problems with the things of this life; while if you are constantly preoccupied with your ordinary pursuits, your problems will increase, and nothing will be accomplished.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva
translated by Padmakara Translation Group
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- Accepting short-term sufferings
- Phenomena adorn emptiness
- Two types of friends
- Practice day and night
- Seeing clearly how deceiving the ways of the world are
- Cutting through subtler misconceptions
- Protecting ourselves from future suffering
- Just projections of the mind
- Impermanence dawning in your mind
- A practice based on your mind
- The three aspects of diligence
- The children of the buddhas
- I like suffering
- The magnifying glass of your faith and devotion
- Meaningless activities without end
- The best opportunity to put the teachings into practice
- Nothing to be grasped
- No greater obstacle to Dharma practice
- Start observing your mind