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Developing compassion and wisdom, and helping those in need whenever possible, is the true meaning of life. By increasing our compassion we come closer to enlightenment and to the fulfillment of our deepest wishes.

Dakini

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Tsongkhapa, crown ornament of the scholars of the

Land of the Snows,

You are Buddha Shakyamuni and Vajradhara, the

source of all attainments,

Avalokiteshvara, the treasury of unobservable compassion,

Manjushri, the supreme stainless wisdom,

And Vajrapani, the destroyer of the hosts of maras.

O Venerable Guru-Buddha, synthesis of all Three Jewels

With my body,speech, and mind, respectfully I make requests:

Please grant your blessings to ripen and liberate myself and others,

And bestow the common and supreme attainments.

 

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Until now we have cherished ourself above all others, and for as long as we continue to do this our suffering will never end. However, if we learn to cherish all beings more than ourself we shall soon enjoy the bliss of Buddhahood. The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish others. All other spiritual realizations will naturally follow from this.

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A person who accepts samsara enjoyments but cannot accept suffering

Will experience many problems;

But a Bodhisattva who accepts suffering courageously

Will always be happy.

 

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Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life. The quality of life depends not upon external development or material progress, but upon the inner development of peace and happiness.

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Even when the sun is shining, if our house is shuttered only a little light can enter and our house will remain cold and dark; but if we open the shutters the warm rays of the sun will come pouring in. Similarly, even though the sun of Buddha's blessings is always shining, if our mind is shuttered by our lack of faith, few blessings can enter and our mind will remain cold and dark.; but by developing strong faith our mind will open and the full sun of Buddha's blessings will come pouring in.

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Buddha Maitreya lists many benefits of effort...

Among virtuous collections, effort is supreme.

With effort we can accomplish all virtuous qualities,

With effort we can accomplish a peaceful body and mind,

With effort, we can accomplish mundane and supramundane attainments,

With effort we can obtain the pleasures of samsara,

With effort we can take rebirth in a Pure Land,

With effort we can be freed from delusions such as the view of the transitory collection, and attain liberation,

With effort we can attain great enlightenment.

 

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Milarepa said: "I don't need to read books; everything that appears to my mind is a Dharma book. All things confirm the truth of Buddha's teachings and increase my spiritual experience". 

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Samsara is a prison from which we must escape,

instead of wasting our time in a fruitless search for happiness within it.

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It was out of his infinite love and compassion for all sentient beings that Buddha Shakyamuni gave up everything to seek full enlightenment.

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Throughout all our activities we maintain the feeling of affectionate love for every living being we meet or think about. Maintaining this special feeling will prevent us from harming others out of anger or attachment.

Lama Losang Tubwang Dorjechang

You are the Guru, you are the Yidam, you are the

Daka and Dharma Protector;

From now on until I attain enlightenment I shall seek no

refuge other than you.

In this life, in the bardo, and until the end of my lives,

please hold me with the hook of your compassion,

Liberate me from the fears of samsara and peace,

bestow all the attainments, be my constant

companion, and protect me from all obstacles.

 

Impermanence

The end of collection is dispersion.

The end of rising is falling.

The end of meeting is parting.

The end of birth is death.

 

 

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This appearance is utterly mistaken. In fact, phenomena are completely empty of existing from their own side. Phenomena exist only through being imputed by mind. By familiarizing ourself with this truth we can eradicate self-grasping, the root of all delusions and faults.

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Compassion

All human beings, whether they are my friends, my enemies, or strangers, have to experience without any choice countless suffering, such as birth, ageing, illness, pain, and death. How wonderful it would be if they could be released from these miseries. May they be released from these miseries. I myself will release them. May all their sufferings and negative karma ripen upon me now.

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It is clear that pursuing my own selfish interests has deceived me. After having indulged my self-cherishing for so many lives, now is the time to realize that it simply does not work. Now is the time to switch the object of my cherishing from myself to all living beings.

Buddha

Peaceful Buddha

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