The alternation of thoughts
Of happiness and suffering, desire and aversion,
Is nothing more than the play
Of luminous emptiness and mind.
Without altering whatever arises,
Look at its nature,
And you will perceive it as great bliss.
Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
quoted in the book On the Path to Enlightenment: Heart Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters
source: http://www.matthieuricard.org/en/thoughts/15
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