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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 89: The supreme possession

Integrating the Dharma into our lives is the wisest way to support our decision-making process.

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Verse 88: Seeds of joy

How purification and making merit support all aspects of our Dharma practice.

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Verse 87: Protecting the Dharma jewel

How the Dharma teachings that we have heard, thought, and meditated on are the most…

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Verse 86: Powerful ambrosia

Closing the gap between listening to teachings and putting them into practice.

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Verse 85: Precious and rare medicine

Why we should appreciate true and beneficial words that point out our faults instead of…

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Verse 84: Good role models

How to seek out good role models in our lives, and also how to receive…

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Verse 83: Examining the self-centered mind

The importance of looking closely at the self-centered mind that destroys all our happiness.

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Verse 82: Impulsiveness

On how conscientiousness and forethought contribute to beneficial behavior, whereas impulsiveness only brings about the…

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Verse 81: The flying horse

Thinking deeply about whether we truly have a precious human life, and whether we are…

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Verse 80: Dwelling in sublime joy

How having a motivation to be of benefit to others enables us to have a…

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Verse 79: Freeing the mind from attachment

On how attachment to the most trivial things binds our mind to cyclic existence.

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