Life is like a big fruit tree. People try their best to make the tree full of fruits. Full of fruit, it may look very rich, but if you don’t share it, the blessing will not occur. When the wind blows, the fruit will fall, and even the tree may fall down.

Therefore, you must know how to share your blessings, wealth, and happiness with others. If you collect real merit by given all of these, the existence of the tree will make sense. This is the value of life.

After having listened to the person talking for more than three hours, I felt fatigued. I blamed myself for not being more patient.

-Sangpo Rinpoche

The jewels give refuge. The Buddha provides love, and the Dharma gives a way to face and overcome obstacles.

But many people become impatient, and do not persevere when small obstacles are encountered. They may feel that the Dharma is useless or try to apply some spell in order to get rich.

This seldom work. But when we apply the true Dharma, rather than our own ideas, we cannot fail.

Human beings are like trees, always trying to grow delicious fruit. It looks very rich, but if you don’t share these riches, strong winds may blow the fruits off the tree, and even the tree itself can fall.

Thus, we should share out our merits, riches and happiness with others, truly practicing  offering and giving. In this way, the existence of the human tree becomes meaningful. This is the real value of life.
~Sangpo Rinpoche

We should cultivate a sense of contentment, a sense of satisfaction, which is followed by less involvement in complex activities. Cultivating simplicity in one’s life brings calmness and simplicity to one’s mind.

~Sangpo Rinpoche

Sometimes we treat the body and mind more cruelly than an enemy would. For our enemy will harm us far less than our own aversion, ignorance and greed. To overcome these negative forces will be a victory, just as the victory over the biggest enemy of the world.

So the real treasure is not to be controlled by the demons of our afflictive emotions. We can only save ourselves by substituting gratitude for dissatisfaction, compassion for aversion, and transforming negative emotions with wisdom.

These actions give power and spiritual growth to our lives. With this attitude we will find that we possess more in our lives than we thought we would be.

The virtue of forbearance is the essential quality that we shall practice in our daily life; it can save us from falling into painful experiences and help us go through all the difficulties. A person who can overcome his or her anger will always avoid disasters and find inner peace.
~Sangpo Rinpoche

Attachment separates oneself from others; compassion bridges the gap between oneself and others. Peace and joy cannot arise in a mind that separates itself from others.
~Sangpo Rinpoche

By looking directly at the state of our mind, we discover that the main affliction is the emotional complexity of anger, or aversion, thus we should try to cultivate love and compassion as an antidote to deal with anger.

~Sangpo Rinpoche

When someone harbors resentment, he or she creates the causes of suffering and is even unaware of the painful consequences of negative karma. Therefore, we should be compassionate to that person and not fall into the same trap of hatred.

~ Sangpo Rinpoche