I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman

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Schrödinger’s Yidam
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I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman

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@8:40 "Even the bad is beautiful. It has to be." Dzogchen by another name.


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1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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Re: I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman

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Thank you for sharing this, smcj. Alice Herz-Sommer is an inspiration.
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Re: I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman

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sukhamanveti wrote:Thank you for sharing this, smcj. Alice Herz-Sommer is an inspiration.
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Wonderful. Inspiring. When is the musical out? :heart:
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I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman
How do you know that? Can you see the future? :tongue:
One should not kill any living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite any other to kill. Do never injure any being, whether strong or weak, in this entire universe!
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seeker242 wrote:
I will never be as spiritually evolved as this woman
How do you know that? Can you see the future? :tongue:
I have a fundamentally limiting frightened "oh poor me" that she doesn't have--and she was in a concentration camp!
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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