Jan 24, 2021
Dharma talk given by Ven. Geshe Tsewang Thinley January 17, 2021.
Music by Barefoot Bran Music.
The Thirty-Seven Practices of All the Bodhisattvas
by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo
Verses 22-24
The practice of all the bodhisattvas is never to entertain
concepts,
Which revolve around dualistic notions of perceiver and
perceived,
In the knowledge that all these appearances are but the mind
itself,
Whilst mind’s own nature is forever beyond the limitations of
ideas.
The practice of all the bodhisattvas is to let go of
grasping
When encountering things one finds pleasant or attractive,
Considering them to be like rainbows in the summer skies—
Beautiful in appearance, yet in truth devoid of any substance.
The practice of all the bodhisattvas is to recognize
delusion
Whenever one is confronted by adversity or misfortune.
For these sufferings are just like the death of a child in a
dream,
And it’s so exhausting to cling to delusory perceptions as
real.