By sticking to notions of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ and blindly following the feelings of attraction and repulsion to which these notions give rise, we accumulate negative karma. Let us stop doing that!

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


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• Start that very day
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• Love and compassion for all
• The most profound spiritual practice
• Nothing to be gained or lost
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