If we get into the habit of making mandala offerings, we swiftly purify our mind and start to see the world in a purer way. For example, we may notice that we can still love people even when we disagree entirely with what they are saying. We can see past the insanity of their delusions to their Buddha nature and equal and unchanging wish to be happy. We start to…
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Impermanence
Two ways of thinking about the same thing Geshe Kelsang has said…