POINT 3, TRANSFORMATION OF BAD CIRCUMSTANCES INTO THE PATH – BUILDING THE PARAMITAS OF PATIENCE & GENEROSITY….
Whatever occurs in your life can be transformed into a part of your wakefulness. The way to do this is to incorporate the obstacles, the distractions, the difficulties… make them the substance of your practice. Whatever is hardest for you is the thing from which you can benefit most…
A War Journal 
This single lojong has probably helped me deal with my life, especially during the years I taught school, more than any other one thing. It contains all the wisdom of the Buddha’s teachings in one terse sentence.
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