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@@ -42705,4 +42705,52 @@ music is the balm that soothes.
 anger is the bomb that kills.
 so don't listen to your anger if you want to feel right about life.
   -- fred t. hamster
+~
+don't torture yourself with overblown expectations of how much you can
+accomplish.  stretch goals are fine, "burst" goals are not.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+In the gap between two thoughts,
+Thought-free wakefulness manifests unceasingly.
+  -- Milarepa
+~
+After Yeshe Tsogyal had helped countless beings in Tibet with her body,
+speech, and mind, the naga Nanda made offerings and with tears in his eyes he
+sang to her:
+
+    Kyema!
+    Guru, mother, Yeshe Tsogyal,
+    Key to the mysteries of Padmasambhava,
+    With mercy taking up the pains of others.
+
+    Free from concepts,
+    “Clean” and “unclean” have no hold on you.
+    Eager for the benefit of others,
+    You bury underground all love of self,
+    Mistress holder of the Teachings,
+    Mother of Victorious Ones, I bow to you.
+
+  -- Excerpted from: "Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of
+     Yeshe Tsogyal" (translated by the Padmakara Translation Group), published
+     by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The mind captivated by a state of craving has no clue as to what pain and
+pleasure really are.  When we hanker after objects, do we experience peace and
+bliss?  Are we in control?  Do we feel at ease?  Or do we feel restless?
+Stressed and worried?  Insecure and desperate?  The slippery thing about
+attachment is that, in our bewilderment, we can’t tell the difference
+between pleasure and pain, love and desire, happiness and sorrow.  The craving
+mind can mistake anything for pleasure--even pain!  It’s like an addiction.
+  -- Dzigar Kongtrül, "Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening
+     to Our Natural Intelligence", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The path of dharma, its fruit, and everything included within great gnosis,
+too, are nothing more than the realization of the significance of the
+nonduality of phenomena.  At this point, there is attainment of the signs of
+cultivating bodhicitta.  When realized in this manner, there is no need for
+training on a multitude of paths.  Therefore, the unmistaken path is simply
+the realization of the nature of one’s own mind just as it is.
+  -- Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo’s treatise on Dzogchen as the culmination of the
+     Mahāyāna, Entering the way of the Great Vehicle, translated by Dominic
+     Sur, 2017, published by Shambhala Publications