Obstacles Create Fertile Ground for Practice

January 22, 2021

Practitioners sometimes endure long periods when their practice appears to have no effect on what seem to be particularly stubborn obstacles, and as a result assume their practice is not working. But they are wrong. With hindsight, they come to realise that the “obstacle” they so desperately wanted to eradicate was actually the best thing that ever happened them. This kind of turnaround is quite common, and with experience practitioners begin to appreciate that “bad” circumstances create a far more fertile ground for practice than “good” ones. ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

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    Jayesh Thakkar

    January 22, 2021

    Obstacles are the part of qualifying round. Wishing you a wonderful time ahead Jen.

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