Anyone who hasn’t attained liberation should not be conceited. Countless buddhas have appeared in this world, practitioners with greater capacity have attained enlightenment. Whereas we are still conceited in this degenerate time, we’ve lost our face in this samsara a long time ago.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
Ignorance leads to attachment, such as clinging to external world, one’s own body, fame and gain. Without satisfying one’s desire, one will suffer. In order to satisfy one’s desire, one will engage in negative acts, such as killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, and lying, etc. All negative acts stem from attachment and ignorance.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
There are two ways to realise Dzogchen: one is to listen to dharma extensively, then to accumulate immense merits by engaging in the practice of cultivating renunciation and bodhicitta, the practice of mandala offering and embarking on the path of bodhisattvas. When accumulation of merit rises to a certain level, one can realise emptiness; another way is to rely on the qualified master’s blessing. The premise to receive such blessing is to have devotion. The stronger the devotion, the more blessing one can receive.
~Depicted from Luminous Wisdom Book Series
All sentient beings wish to attain happiness as we do, hence we should refrain from undermining any beings’ happiness. All sentient beings wish to be free from suffering, hence we should refrain from causing suffering to any being. This is the principle of equality in Buddhism.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
For many practices, transmission is empathised, especially of the Vajrayana. What do we mean by transmission? It means since the first turning of wheel of dharma of the Buddha, the stream of dharma handed down from one generation to another is called lineage, or transmission, which is non-stop, if it’s broken, then the great blessing of the dharma will not continue. Thus, notwithstanding the existence of scriptures,without oral transmission and transmission of pith instruction, the dharma would be extinct.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
We should not indulge in our present petty merit, enjoying eating hotpot and playing Majang daily and believing this is the life style of heaven. We need to gain an understanding that all the unexpected incidents fall on us out of our expectation. It’s necessary for us to review "The Words of My Perfect Teacher", Lama Tsong Khapa’s "The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment", and the chapter of the suffering of samsara of Longchenpa’s "Finding Comfort and Ease in the Nature of Mind".
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
Arising in the morning is somewhat similar to the Buddha emanating Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya from Dharmakaya to benefit sentient beings. Thus we need to make an aspiration: “May all sentient beings attain dharmakaya, and emanate Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya from Dharmakaya to benefit sentient beings.”
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
When others insult you with coarse language, it’s their decision to use whatever nasty words they like, but whether these words can harm you or not depends on you.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
All sentient beings wish to attain happiness as we do, hence we should refrain from undermining any beings’ happiness. All sentient beings wish to be free from suffering, hence we should refrain from causing suffering to any being. This is the principle of equality in Buddhism.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
