Birth, sickness, ageing and death flow on, a river without ford or bridge;
People of Tingri, have you prepared yourselves a boat?

Padampa Sangye

from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


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Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice:

• The Dharma is the best way of using your life
• There is never any time to spare
• Practice with joy and enthusiasm
• Start that very day
• Overcoming obstacles
• Without settling anywhere
• Precious human life
• Dreamlike obsessions
• The right moment is now
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• Right here beside you
• Like the events in a dream
• Don’t go on following the past
• You will have to go
• The faults within
• The choice is clear
• When you reach the threshold of death
• Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
• The freedom to practice the Dharma