#bardothodol — Public Fediverse posts
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"The spirit of enlightenment of love and compassion is the energetic and cheerful aura you create for yourself by shifting the orientation of your life away from self preoccupation to preoccupation with becoming an enlightened being in order to bring happiness to all others."
- The Bardo Thodol (aka The Tibetan Book of the Dead, aka Liberation Through Understanding in the Between) by Padmasambhava, translation by Robert Thurman
#BardoThodol #TibetanBookOfTheDead #Padmasambhava #enlightenment
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"It can make you enjoy life more, live it more intensely, bring happiness to those about you. When you die, you will lose not only all your property & relationships - you will lose even your own body. So right now, why not practice a little bit by becoming more detached about all the things you get obsessed about
The 3 main ethical practices are to build up generosity, sensitivity to others & tolerance"
- #BardoThodol (aka The #TibetanBookOfTheDead) #Padmasambhava translation by Robert Thurman