Now, with the help of your spiritual teacher, you can at last identify the true enemy. Brandish the sword of transcendent knowledge and annihilate the demon of attachment to ‘I’ and to the reality of phenomena.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


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