NubpaRi

npoche'
sTeachi
ngs(
1):

I
foneknowshowt opract
iset
heDharma,
allunf
avorablecondi
ti
onsandobst
acl
esbecomet
he
practi
ceofDharma.I
fonedoesnotknowhowt opracti
setheDharma,ev
entheso-
cal
led
"authent
icDhar
ma"maybecomeone'sobstacl
es.

Duringthepr
ocessoft
rai
ningintheDharma,i
fthey ogirecognisesal
lmani
festat
ionstobe
one'sownmind,andwit
hinone'
sment al
awareness, oneabidesinastat
ethatdoesnotarise
fearorhope,
rej
ecti
onoracceptancet
owardsallphenomena, thentheobst
aclescannotharm
oneself
.

I
fwecanappl ytheDharmainourdailyli
fe,
ev enifi
tisjustaverseoraprayer,i
twil
lbehelpf
ul
i
npacify
ingthemanyment alaff
li
cti
onswi t
hinourmi nd.Otherwise,
itwi
l
lnotbebenefici
aleven
i
fwewer etosleepwit
halltheDharmascr i
pturesplacedfull
yonourbed.Althoughiti
sjusta
ver
seoftheDhar ma,
ifweupholditwithi
nourmi ndandnotabandoni ti
nourconduct,it
s
benef
it
swillcomeint
oef f
ect.