When the Chocolate Runs Out (2018)
Short talks on pith advice from the end of When the Chocolate Runs Out by Lama Thubten Yeshe.
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Share your love, wisdom, and wealth
Venerable Thubten Chodron The importance of learning to distinguish love from attachment so that we can share our love openly with all other beings.
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Serve other beings as much as possible
The importance of serving others by practicing and preserving the Dharma, or in any other way that we can be of help to them.
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Living in harmony with one another
Identifying the cause of our disharmony with others and ourselves and working constructively to overcome it.
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Being an example of peace
How the preconceptions in our own minds make us unpeaceful, and learning to control our own minds in order to be an example of peace.
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Being an example of love
The difference between love and attachment, and how attachment can become a real stumbling block for developing bodhicitta.
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Being an example of wisdom
How to generate the wisdom that understands the law of karma, and the wisdom of the ultimate nature of reality.
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Keep a happy mind
Reflecting on the quote “Try to be happy in your practice and be satisfied in your life.”
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Be reasonable
How we have to be reasonable in our expectations, and how difficulties make us stronger.
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It’s never too late
Avoiding the laziness of discouragement and using our time to practice wisely no matter how old we are.
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Don’t be afraid of death
Developing a wisdom fear of death and cultivating a mind that makes use of our life.
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Straight and clean clear
The importance of not wasting our time on things that don't matter, and cultivating a mind that is clean and clear in our direction.
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