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Quotes from The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most — Dilgo Khyentse

1910–1991

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Devotion is the ring that allows the hook of the teacher’s compassion to pull you out of the mire of samsara.

The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (2005)

If your mind is constantly preoccupied by your money and possessions, you are in reality only preparing the ground for rebirth as a spirit tortured by hunger and thirst. If your thoughts are obsessed with your family and loved ones, you are only strengthening the pangs of separation you will suffer when you die.

The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (2005)

To have devotion constantly in your mind will endow you with lasting serenity and satisfaction. Remembering even the name of your spiritual teacher is enough to completely transform your perceptions. Visualizing the guru above the crown of your head, even for an instant, can dissipate the veils of illusion.

The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (2005)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dilgo Khyentse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.