His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) gave this teaching at the request of the Sakya Great Tantric College in India, which was shared online in Tibetan on November 13, 2021.
Being human offers us a unique leverage over our own lives that we often fail to use. In this distilled teaching, the speaker explores how we can stop drifting through habitual patterns and start harnessing our capacity for thought. By understanding the causes of our own distress, we can begin the practical work of creating a life of meaning and benefit.
Source: This teaching was obtained from the Sakya Sangchen Gyurda Youtube.
Humans possess a unique capacity to create either immense benefit or tremendous harm. Despite our natural desire for well-being, we often find ourselves in a self-defeating cycle, amassing the very causes and conditions of our own suffering.
This teaching examines the mental habits that keep us bound, moving past the surface of ritual to address a stark truth: lasting change is not found in external recitations, but in the fundamental transformation of the mind.
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