If we have listened to many learned masters and received deep instructions,
Have studied a few sutras and tantras,
Without ever applying them —‘Oh how pitiful!’—
we are just fooling ourselves.

Longchenpa
Thirty Pieces of Heart Advice
translated by Daniela Hartmann
source: http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/longchen-rabjam/30-stanzas-of-advice
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