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:

• Overcoming obstacles
• The right moment is now
• You will have to go
• Abandon negative friendships
• Practice with joy and enthusiasm
• Like the events in a dream
• Precious human life
• Contemplating the defects of samsara
• Use riches in a constructive way
• You won’t live forever
• Rather than being trapped by your perceptions
• The freedom to practice the Dharma
• Don’t go on following the past
• How illness can teach us compassion
• Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• Three essential points
• The choice is clear
• The mind is free of any true reality