Clarity and emptiness united are like the moon reflecting in water;
People of Tingri, there is nothing to be attached to and nothing to impede.

Padampa Sangye

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

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


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• The mind is free of any true reality
• The most profound spiritual practice
• 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
• 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