THE STAG WITH ONE EYE
独眼鹿

A Stag, blind of one eye, was grazing close to the sea-shore and kept his sound eye turned towards the land, so as to be able to perceive the approach of the hounds, while the blind eye he turned towards the sea, never suspecting that any danger would threaten him from that quarter. As it fell out, however, some sailors, coasting along the shore, spied him and shot an arrow at him, by which he was mortally wounded. As he lay dying, he said to himself, “Wretch that I am! I bethought me of the dangers of the land, whence none assailed me: but I feared no peril from the sea, yet thence has come my ruin.”
Misfortune often assails us from an unexpected quarter.

#慈诚罗珠堪布[超话]# The way to dedicate merits in compliance to the dharma is to wish for all sentient beings to reach Sukhavati, to be liberated and reach Buddhahood, and have no consideration for one’s own benefit. Even though one did not ask for anything for oneself, cause and effect are never wrong. In the end, what one should have will appear at the appropriate time.#慈诚罗珠堪布#

#慈诚罗珠堪布[超话]# As one begins to practice, I hope one does not practice too many prayers, but just focus on renunciation and bodhicitta. If renunciation and bodhicitta are practised occasionally, then it is not enough. One must deeply experience a steady sense of renunciation and bodhicitta to qualify as a practitioner of liberation. Once the foundation for these two has been established, then we can consider practising other prayers.
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