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“Whatever pleasure or pain we experience is our own mind. That is why the mind is the most important thing to understand.”

by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche from Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind
Tags: happiness, pleasure, pain, mind, perspective, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind



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“Free yourself from pleasure and pain. For in craving pleasure or in nursing pain there is only sorrow.”

by Buddha from Dhammapada
Tags: pain, pleasure, equanimity, nonattachment, passion, wanting, suffering



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