Advice from a Spiritual Friend

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  • "Do
  • not
  • wish
  • for
  • gratitude. Never
  • strike
  • at
  • the
  • heart. Now
  • if
  • you
  • die,
  • you
  • will
  • have
  • no
  • regrets." —The
  • Seven-Point
  • Thought
  • TransformationLike
  • wise
  • old
  • friends,
  • two
  • Tibetan
  • masters
  • offer
  • down-to-earth
  • advice
  • for
  • cultivating
  • compassion,
  • wisdom,
  • and
  • happiness
  • in
  • every
  • situation.
  • Based
  • on
  • practical
  • Buddhist
  • verses
  • on
  • "thought
  • training"
  • (lojong),
  • Advice
  • from
  • a
  • Spiritual
  • Friend
  • teaches
  • how
  • to
  • develop
  • the
  • inner
  • skills
  • that
  • lead
  • to
  • contentment
  • by
  • responding
  • to
  • everyday
  • difficulties
  • with
  • patience
  • and
  • joy.Following
  • Stephen
  • Batchelor's
  • introduction
  • to
  • the
  • Kadamapa
  • tradition
  • that
  • gave
  • rise
  • to
  • these
  • earthy,
  • pithy
  • instructions,
  • Part
  • One
  • is
  • a
  • commentary
  • by
  • Geshe
  • Dhargyey
  • to
  • Atisha's
  • (982-1054)
  • Jewel
  • Rosary
  • of
  • a
  • Bodhisattva.
  • Part
  • Two
  • includes
  • a
  • commentary
  • by
  • Geshe
  • Rabten
  • to
  • the
  • famous
  • Seven-Point
  • Thought
  • Transformation.First
  • published
  • in
  • 1977,
  • Advice
  • from
  • a
  • Spiritual
  • Friend
  • is
  • a
  • Wisdom
  • classic
  • that
  • has
  • enriched
  • readers
  • in
  • many
  • editions
  • over
  • the
  • years.
  • As
  • Batchelor
  • says
  • in
  • his
  • introduction,
  • "These
  • teachings
  • are
  • as
  • applicable
  • today
  • as
  • they
  • were
  • when
  • Atisha
  • first
  • introduced
  • them
  • to Tibet."
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