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This Time, Practice the Main Points

 

 
My Book on Tai Chi Imagery1
"This time" refers to this lifetime. You have wasted many lives in the past, and in the future you may not have the opportunity to practice. But now, as a human being who has heard the dharma, you do. So without wasting any more time, you should practice the main points.

This teaching is threefold:

[1] the benefit of others is more important than yourself;

[2] practicing the teachings of the guru is more important than analytical study;

[3] practicing Bodhicitta is more important than any other practice.

From Training the Mind & Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chogyam Trungpa , copyright 1993 by Diana Mukpo.
(Official Chogyam Trungpa Website)
Published by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston.

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