There’s no real happiness among any of the six classes of beings.
If we consider the sufferings of the three lower realms,
When you feel upset just by hearing about them,
How will you possibly cope when you experience them directly?
Even the happiness and pleasures of the three upper realms,
Are just like fine food that’s been laced with poison,
Enjoyable at first, but in the long run a cause of ruin.

Chatral Rinpoche

from the book Compassionate Action

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• Relying on the instructions of your own qualified teacher
• Use it well
• Not enjoying meat or alcohol
• The best form of austerity
• View and conduct
• But when you die
• There is nothing more to it than that
• All you need
• Act accordingly
• By then it’s too late!
• Failing to let go of ordinary concerns
• A disciplined mind
• Your own true enemies
• Gaining the riches of a Dharma practitioner
• Taking advantage of our human existence
• Three kinds of dharma practitioners
• The path of nonviolence
• Our responsibility