Carefulness brings life, the Sage has said,

And carelessness is death.

Therefore to increase your virtue,

With devotion always practise carefulness. 

— The Friendly Letter

"...I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. 

People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and the elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed..."

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The non-created, self-radiant wisdom being actionless, immaculate, and transcendent over acceptance and rejection, is itself the perfect practice. —Padmasambhava

Do not look back, my friend.

No one knows how the world ever began.

Do not fear the future, nothing lasts forever.

If you dwell on the past or the future you will miss the moment.

Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can. 

— John Wesley

 The Red Square Nebula is a bipolar nebula in Serpens notable for its square shape. It is one of the most symmetrical deep sky objects ever discovered.

Wise, indeed, are those who recognise all phenomena as illusory appearances of the non-existent, ever-present unborn.  

Gaining blessings and strength from the glorious guru of your own awakened mind, melt the vital drops of fixed ideas and cleanse the subtle channels by releasing the energy winds from mundane servitude.  

Free at last!  

With blissful clarity, one should strive for the welfare of the world by exquisite demonstrations of reality painted on flowing 

Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity pervading the whole of space .

I pray that the wind of genuine insight may move freely across the primordially empty sky and disperse the clouds of ignorance that obscure my mind.  Unveiling the real, may we bask in the glorious sunshine of joyful awareness!

We were abusive and scornful of others,

We were greedy and stingy to many,

We didn’t make even the smallest offerings. 

That’s how we came to enter into the land of the Hungry Ghosts where there is no water and no food.

We were intoxicated with the pride of good health, 

We were intoxicated with the pride of wealth and indulgence.  

By day we crushed the lives of others, by killing and eating animals.

The result of all these actions is that we now experience good and evil.  

We were entranced by other’s wives and committed adultery,

We turned our back on the dharma of morality.

So now we live in this land of Hungry Ghosts. 

The noble Mahākātyāyana, out of compassion for us, came and said to us many times, “Friend, the consequences of your deeds will be most undesirable.  Stop your evil practices that go against the true dharma.”  

But we didn’t take his advice. That is how we came to enter into the land of Hungry Ghosts where there is no water or food.

 — the Divyāvadāna

In the aftermath of meditative equipoise, pure as the sky, the world of interdependent causation appears in perfect clarity as a multitude of images as vivid as a rainbow.  

If these are not probed to the root, such experiences and cognitions may be dangerously deceptive.  

Oh, yogins, remember that none of this is real!

 - Mañjuśrī Debates  Vimalakīrti Dunhuang Mogao Caves - 

Wherever space pervades, 

There the enlightened body also spreads.

Wherever the enlightened body is situated,

There enlightened speech is also found.

Wherever enlightened speech resounds,

There the enlightened mind is present!

- Vimalakīrti Debates Mañjuśrī Dunhuang Mogao Caves -