Monthly Archives: December 2021

It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. —14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

Wherever the great compassion of the Bodhisattvas is, there too all the Buddhadharma will be gathered. —Dharmasaṅgīti Sūtra

Wise and skilled in the real meaning of benefiting beings are those who do not strive to benefit others expecting a reward. Those expecting a reward will indeed not obtain the joy that is both supreme and free from covetousness. … Continue reading →

The downside of the perfection of discipline is called “the demon of austerity” —taking on discipline as a hardship and making it into a struggle. Done right, discipline is taken on joyfully and with a clear understanding of why engaging … Continue reading →

Since phenomena are by nature pure, cultivate the notion of lack of existence. Since they are infused with bodhicitta, cultivate a mind of great compassion. Since everything is naturally luminous, cultivate a mind free of reference points. Since all entities … Continue reading →

Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion, I have forgotten all difference between myself and others. —Milarepa

If you don’t tend to one another, who then will tend to you? Whoever would tend to me, should tend to the sick. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Kucchivikara-vatthu

Seeing that harmful actions arise from anger, fear, greed, and intolerance, which in turn come from dualistic and discriminative thinking, I will cultivate openness, non-discrimination, and non-attachment to views in order to transform violence, fanaticism, and dogmatism in myself and … Continue reading →

May all ten directions of cyclic existence abound in remedies, healers, nurses, food, and shelter for the poor and the infirm. May I be reborn as remedy, healer, and nurse, and perform perfect service until all the ill are rendered … Continue reading →

It may be well with the evil doer as long as the evil does not ripen. But when it does ripen, then the evil doer sees the painful results of his evil deeds. It may be ill with the doer … Continue reading →