Take the example of an old cow,
She’s content to sleep in a barn,
You have to eat, sleep, and shit —
That’s unavoidable —
But beyond that is none of your business.

Patrul Rinpoche

quoted in the book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

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Further quotes from the book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying:

• On bodhicitta
• Meditator
• Unstained by any Grasping
• No regret
• Finding the lama in your heart
• No words can describe it
• Very grievous fault of not understanding your own mind
• How to overcome dreamy dullness
• Humorously going on doing things
• Source of joy and suffering
• Deeper and deeper
• The equal of all the Buddhas
• Protection 24/7
• Being without any distraction or grasping
• Reaching the state of great equilibrium
• The view
• Over and over again
• Effortless compassion