Humble Pie

Self-grasping and wrong desire are like crops
destroyed by frost.
If the Dharma, which is meant to tame the mind,
becomes a source of arrogance,
the root of virtue is cut.
This is my heart's advice.

Prematurely attempting to benefit beings is like a leader
with no sight.
It is a cause of not helping others
and of suffering for oneself.
Make effort in loving-kindness, aspiration,
and dedication.
This is my heart's advice.


The Jewel Treasury of Advice.
Drikung Bhande Dharmaradza (1704-1754)

The book advertised herein is Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche's commentary on the The Jewel Treasury of Advice.

What is a Pureland?

"What is the pureland really? The pureland is one's own stainless primordial awareness. If, from moment to moment,you regain and retain your own primordial enlightened nature: that is the Pureland. Everything comes from your own mind. Understand that, remain there:that is the Pureland."

The Oral Commentaries by Drikung Kagyü Teachers in San Francisco Gyalwa Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche in The Oral Commentaries by Kagyü Teachers in San Francisco.