After experience had taught me that all things which frequently take place in ordinary life are vain and futile, and when I saw that all the things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save in so far as the mind was affected by them; I determined at last [...]
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Loving-Kindness is the Best Medicine
by Tulku Thondop Rinpoche
The essence of loving-kindness is wishing joy for others.
Like a loving mother for her child,
Serve others by offering all—your body, wealth, and merits
And bear all the hurts caused by them. —Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa
The Buddha said, “Mind is the main thing and it is the leader.” The [...]
Jealousy can be a consuming fire in the mind, a state of great suffering. The starting place for working with it, a place that many people neglect, is seeing it, recognizing it, and feeling it without condemnation or judgment. Condemning or judging only feeds it. If we condemn ourself for being jealous, we simply strengthen [...]
