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Dharma Quote: Do not take lightly small misdeeds, Believing they can do no harm: Even a tiny spark of fire Can set alight a mountain of hay. By: Patrul Rinpoche. Source: Words of My Perfect Teacher.

Dharma Quote: Do not take lightly small good deeds, Believing they can hardly help: For drops of water one by one In time can fill a giant pot. By: Patrul Rinpoche. Source: Words of My Perfect Teacher.

Dharma Quote: The more intense the practice, the more intense the demons. By: Patrul Rinpoche. Source: The Words of My Perfect Teacher.

Dharma Quote: If, in the fray, the soldier drops his sword, In fright, he swiftly takes it up again. So likewise, if the arm of mindfulness is lost, In fear of hell be quick to get it back. By: Shantideva. Source: The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara).

Dharma Quote: The cause of happiness comes rarely, And many are the seeds of suffering! But if I have no pain, I'll never long for freedom; Therefore, O my mind, be steadfast! By: Shantideva. Source: The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara).

Dharma Quote: Good works gathered in a thousand ages, Such as deeds of generosity, Or offerings to the blissful ones - A single flash of anger shatters them. By: Shantideva. Source: The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara).

For all those ailing in the world, Until their every sickness has been healed, May I myself become for them The doctor, nurse, the medicine itself.

Dharma Quote: "Today, at least, I shall not die," So rash to lull myself with words like these! My dissolution and my hour of death Will come upon me ineluctably. By: Shantideva. Source: The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara).

As when a flash of lightning rends the night, And in its glare shows all the dark black clouds had hid, Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas' power, Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world.

As rain pours through badly thatched houses, So does desire penetrate the undeveloped mind. As rain fails to pour through well-thatched house, So does desire fail to penetrate the well-developed mind.

My religion is to live and die - without regret. - Milarepa

We abide nowhere, we possess nothing. - Chatral Rinpoche

All that I possess and use Is like the fleeting vision of a dream. It fades into the realms of memory; And fading, will be seen no more. -Shantideva

Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.

No matter how many teachings you have heard, to be motivated by ordinary concerns, such as a desire for greatness, fame or whatever, is not the way of the true Dharma.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

What makes an action positive or negative - Not how it looks, not whether it is big or small, but it is the positive or negative motivation that is behind it.

Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied - And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied

Since all is empty, all is possible

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