Thoughts come and go like a thief in an empty house –
People of Tangri, in fact there is nothing to be gained or lost.
Padampa Sangye
quoted in the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
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Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice:
- The Dharma is the best way of using your life
- There is never any time to spare
- Practice with joy and enthusiasm
- Start that very day
- Overcoming obstacles
- Without settling anywhere
- Precious human life
- Dreamlike obsessions
- The right moment is now
- The union of clarity and emptiness
- Right here beside you
- Like the events in a dream
- Don’t go on following the past
- You will have to go
- The faults within
- The choice is clear
- When you reach the threshold of death
- Have you prepared yourselves a boat
- Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
- The freedom to practice the Dharma