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"The mind is the root of everything; the creator of happiness and the
creator of suffering... As the great guru Padmasambhava said 'Do not
seek to cut the root of phenomena, cut the root of the mind.' That
is why I find these words of Buddha so inspiring 'We are what we
think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our
thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and
happiness will follow.' If only we were to remember this, keep it in
our hearts, and keep our heart and mind pure, the happiness would
really follow. The whole of the Buddha's teaching, then, is directed
towards taming this mind, and keeping our heart and mind
pure."
-Sogyal
Rinpoche
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