The only things that you need to conquer are mind’s five poisons
And your own true enemies, the eight wordly concerns, nothing else,
Whether it is by avoiding, transforming,
taking them as the path or looking into their very essence,
Whichever method is best suited to your own capacity."
~ Chatral Rinpoche
Photo: Chatral Rinpoche and Thomas Merton in Darjeeling in 1968.
The five poisons: ignorance, greed, hatred, jealousy, and pride.
The eight worldly concerns: loss and gain, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, disrepute and fame.
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