There are infinite categories of teaching and countless are the ways to enter the vehicles. Explanations can involve a great many words and expressions. Unless we can take to heart the essence of the genuine meaning, then even committing many hundreds of thousands of volumes to memory will not decidedly bring benefit at the moment of death.

Seemingly, we might have boundless knowledge, all derived from study and reflection, but if our fundamental character is not attuned to the Dharma, we will not tame the enemy, the destructive emotions.

Longchenpa

A Mirror Revealing the Crucial Points: Advice on the Ultimate Meaning

translated by Adam Pearcey


source: http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/longchen-rabjam/ultimate-meaning


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