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    Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment
    Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment
    Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment
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    Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment

    By Sogyal Rinpoche

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    Booklet of the root text "Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenement" by Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, the Third Dodrupchen, inluding revised translation by Sogyal Rinpoche.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZam Sarl
    Release dateDec 18, 2017
    ISBN9782376610045
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      Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment - Sogyal Rinpoche

      Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment

      Sogyal Rinpoche

      Making Happiness and Suffering into a Spiritual Path

      Tibetan: Kyi Duk Lam Khyer

      Kyi means ‘happiness’,

      Duk means ‘suffering’,

      Lam means ‘path’,

      and Khyer means ‘to carry’ or ‘to take’

      by Jikmé Tenpé Nyima

      the third Dodrupchen

      In places, there are two alternative translations; the second version is indented and in square brackets beneath the first version.

      Homage

      Avalokiteshvara

      Avalokiteshvara

      I pay homage to Noble Avalokiteshvara, recalling his qualities:

      "Always happy at the happiness of others,

      and deeply saddened when they suffer,

      One who has fully realized the noble qualities

      and understanding of ‘Great Compassion’

      And who lays aside both his own happiness and suffering."

      Statement of Intent

      I am going to put down here a partial instruction on how to use both happiness and suffering as the path to enlightenment. This is indispensable for leading a spiritual life, a most needed tool of the Noble Ones, and quite the most priceless teaching in the world.

      There are two parts:

      how to use suffering as the path,

      and how to use happiness as the path.

      Each one is approached

      firstly through relative truth,

      and then through absolute thuth.

      How to use Suffering as the Path to Enlightenment

      Through Relative Truth

      Whenever you are harmed by sentient beings or anything else, if you make a habit out of just perceiving only the suffering, then when even the smallest problem comes up, it will cause you enormous anguish

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