It is often said that virtuous actions produce states of happiness and harmful actions produce states of misery. When we experience the mind’s nature, we find it possesses an inherent blissfulness that transcends the temporary experiences of happiness or suffering produced as a result of our actions. Because this total peace is experienced, there is no need to hope for temporary states of pleasure produced by virtuous actions and there is also no need to fear temporary states of suffering produced by negative actions.

Thrangu Rinpoche

from the book Tilopa's Wisdom: His Life and Teachings on the Ganges Mahamudra

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