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   -- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, "Everyday Consciousness and Primordial
      Awareness", translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk, published by
      Snow Lion Publications
+~
+  Q: How can Dzogchen help us in our daily jobs and careers?
+
+  HHDL: In the first place, it is quite difficult to have an experience of
+Dzogchen.  But once you do have that experience, it can be extremely
+beneficial in dealing with your day to day life, your job, and your career.
+This is because that kind of experience will give you the ability to prevent
+yourself from being overwhelmed by circumstances, good or bad.  You will not
+fall into extreme states of mind: you will not get over-excited or depressed.
+Your attitude toward circumstances and events will be as if you were someone
+observing the mind, without being drawn away by circumstances.
+  For example, when you see a reflection of a form in a mirror, the reflection
+appears within the mirror but it is not projected from within.  In the same
+way, when you confront the situations of life, or deal with others, your
+attitude too will be mirror-like.
+  Also, when a reflection appears in the mirror, the mirror does not have to
+go after the object that is reflected: it simply reflects, spontaneously, on
+the surface.  The same with you: since there is no attachment or agitation at
+having these 'reflections' in your mind, you will feel tremendous ease and
+relief.  You are not preoccupied by what arises in the mind, nor does it cause
+you any distress.  You are free from conceptuality or any form of
+objectifying.  And so it really does help you, in allowing you to be free from
+being caught up in the play of emotions like hatred, attachment, and the like.
+(p.162)
+  -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great
+     Perfection", translated by Thupten Jinpa and Richard Barron, foreword by
+     Sogyal Rinpoche, edited by Patrick Gaffney, published by Snow Lion Pub.
+~
+  The quality of one's rebirth in the next life is determined by the quality
+of one's mental activity in this life.  Generally speaking, we have no power
+to choose how we are born; it is dependent on karmic forces.  However, the
+period near the time of death is very influential in terms of activating one
+from among the many karmas that a person has already accumulated, and,
+therefore, if one makes particular effort at generating a virtuous attitude at
+that time, there is an opportunity to strengthen and activate a virtuous
+karma.  Moreover, when one has developed high realization and has gained
+control over how one will be reborn, it is possible to take what is called
+"reincarnation" rather than mere rebirth.(p.42)
+  -- H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, "The Dalai Lama at Harvard:
+     Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace", translated and edited by Jeffrey
+     Hopkins, published by Snow Lion Publications