Under a giant statue of Lord Buddh, shrine, His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche leads prayers, monks and sangha members, photos of Sakya lamas, with a central portrait of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.
"Ask advice from someone with experience
Before you make a decision.
Even if they don’t give you any advice
You can still see how it turned out for them.
If you think about advice carefully
You won’t get tossed around and thrown down quite as much.
If you don’t scrutinize advice
You may get thrown a long way.
If advice has no conclusion
It might have been made up.
If advice goes on for a long time
You might have to be careful.
If advice addresses too many concerns
You might have to rein it in.
Get the advice into your head.
Look into the reasoning behind the advice privately.
If it gets you what you need, call it a hit.
If you have to struggle to apply the advice
Do you think you will be able to use it?
I could tell you hundreds or thousands of words of advice,
But there really are only two kinds:
What you get as a corollary of merit
And what you get from checking things out maturely.
In summary,
Karma is the first priority.
Old people with dark complexions will tell you:
Family prosperity does not come from prudently saving money,
Unless you make merit your first priority.
Be serious about giving up dark karma;
Involve yourself in the karma of light."
WORDS OF THE SAKYA MASTERS
Translated from the Tibetan by Chris Wilkinson
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