No matter where you stay – be it a busy place or a solitary retreat – the only thing that you need to conquer are mind’s five poisons and your own true enemies, the eight worldly concerns, nothing else.

Chatral Rinpoche

from the book Compassionate Action

source: http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/chatral-rinpoche/words-advice


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• Not enjoying meat or alcohol
• The best form of austerity
• View and conduct
• But when you die
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• All you need
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• Act accordingly
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• Failing to let go of ordinary concerns
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