Mixing the eight worldly concerns with your spiritual practice is extremely dangerous, like eating food mixed with poison. The eight worldly concerns in concise form can be reduced to two things, hope and fear, which are, in fact, desire and anger.

Dudjom Rinpoche

from the book Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice

translated by Ron Garry


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