If you spend the present meaninglessly and leave with empty hands,
People of Tingri, a human life in the future will be very hard to find.

Padampa Sangye

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

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• Like the events in a dream
• You won’t live forever
• Rather than being trapped by your perceptions
• The freedom to practice the Dharma
• Don’t go on following the past
• How illness can teach us compassion
• Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• Three essential points
• The choice is clear
• The mind is free of any true reality
• Devotion is the fare on our journey toward enlightenment
• The Dharma is the best way of using your life
• Right here beside you
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