It is said that, “the richer people get, the more miserly they are,” and this saying is often true. Avarice makes you unhappy. It exposes you to rebirth in the florin of tortured spirits. Rather than store useless riches, use them in a constructive way. Be generous toward those in need, build stupas, and make offerings to the Three Jewels. The more generous you are, the more you will prosper. Generosity should always be exercised impartially toward all – the poor, the sick, the aged, the traveler from afar – without discrimination between friend and stranger, between those on whom we count and those from whom we can expect nothing. In giving, be free of ostentation, of favoritism, and of any expectation of reward
Read a random quote or see all quotes by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice:
- There is never any time to spare
- Flying off into the bardo
- When you reach the threshold of death
- The faults within
- Happiness and suffering
- Overcoming obstacles
- Put on the armor of diligence
- You will have to go
- Abandon negative friendships
- Practice with joy and enthusiasm
- The right moment is now
- Precious human life
- Contemplating the defects of samsara
- 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