The Wisdom Chapter by Jamgon Mipham

Author:Jamgon Mipham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2017-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

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May beings like myself discern and grasp

That all things have the character of space!

What is there for us to gain or lose with regard to things that are empty of intrinsic being? Likewise, what honor is there, what insults, what pleasure and pain, what joy and sorrow? If an examination is made on the level of ultimate reality, one may also ask: What is the object craved, and who is the person craving it? If we consider well, in this world of living beings, in this state of existence, how can death occur? Who will be born in the next life and who was born in the previous one? Who, moreover, are our friends, and who our dear relations? Let intelligent beings, says Shāntideva, investigate the nature of things, and after fully understanding, as he has done, that all phenomena are like space, let them equalize the eight mundane concerns!

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