ཉིན་རེའི་ཚིག་བཅད། • Daily Verse

All suffering comes from the wish for your own happiness. Perfect buddhas are born from the thought to help others. Therefore exchange your own happiness for the suffering of others — this is the practice of bodhisattvas.

Gyalse Tokme Zangpo, Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva

Contemplation

Can I trace my current unhappiness back to self-cherishing?

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