Heart Advice of Padampa Sangye

1.  Child, don’t be sectarian.
2. Child, understand the differences between the yanas with wisdom, not with grasping and clinging.
3. Child, the sign of a great scholar is seeing everything as “one taste.”
4. Child, if you realize that everything is mind, then there are no contradictions.
5. Child, if you drink the milk of the sky, you will be totally satisfied.
6. Child, if you give up all karmic activities, you will achieve permanent peace.
7. Child, if you continue residing in caves and hermitages, the dakinis and dharmapalas will always gather around you.
8. Child, if you meditate alone, you will naturally receive blessings.
9. Child, if you meditate that the lama is always on your crown chakra, you will easily receive all the blessings.
10. Child, if you contact all the dakinis of the three places, you will accomplish every beneficial activity.
11. Child, if you give up all worldly affairs, that itself is Dharma.
12. Child, if you exhaust your self-importance, the benefit of all beings is right there.
13. Child, if you accomplish the fearlessness of realization, you achieve the highest of Dharma activities.
14. Child, if you contact your inner wisdom, you will never be separate from great bliss.
15. Child, if you remember the instructions all the time, you will always gain great certainty wisdom.
16. Child, if you fear birth and death, meditate on rigpa awareness.
17. Child, if you feel physical discomfort, you must rely on rigpa awareness meditation.
18. Child, if you are distracted by external activities, you should focus your mind inward.
19. Child, if your meditation becomes foggy and dull, merge your awareness with the sky.
20. Child, if you are tired and bored with the practice, relax your mind in the deep nature.
21. Child, if your mind is scattered, be in a state of “single thought.”
22. Child, if your practice is increasing, there is no other commitment needed.
23. Child, if grasping obscures your view, don’t be timid about cutting it away.
24. Child, keep the Lama in your heart all the time, and all good qualities will come naturally.
25. Child, give up worldly concerns and focus on the practice.
26. Child, all the beings of the six realms are our parents; therefore, do not forsake your compassion for them.
27. Child, all the activities of this world have no meaning; therefore, don’t get carried away by them.
28. Child, everything is illusion; therefore, see everything as a display of the unborn.
29. Child, this body is no different from earth and stone; therefore, don’t grasp.
30. Child, this life is nothing but a dream; therefore, relax your mind in the original state.
31. Child, death is inevitable—don’t be afraid.
32. Child, the five poisons are constant obstacles; therefore, restrengthen your five wisdoms.
33. Child, body and consciousness will certainly separate; therefore, meditate on the natural state.
34. Child, the body is rented and must be abandoned; therefore, keep permanent residence in the true nature.
35. Child, death will come soon; therefore, use your time well.
36. Child, the bardo passage is long and narrow, so prepare now for that voyage.
37. Child, concepts are wild and stubborn, so remain mindful at all times.
38. Child, if you have no duality, that is the view.
39. Child, when you realize that your mind is dharmakaya, that is meditation.
40. Child, if you are not hypocritical and out of control, that is conduct.
41. Child, if you don’t have deceitful thoughts, that is samaya.
42. Child, if you realize that the nature of mind contains the three kayas, that is the fruit.
43. Child, if you have realization that is unceasing and free from being born, then you are free from death.
44. Child, if you control your winds and mind, all your wishes will be fulfilled.
45. Child, if you perform the ganachakra (tsok) ceremony often, the dakinis will gather.
46. Child, if you perform tsok and offer tormas, dharmapalas will gather around you.
47. Child, if you complete the mantra recitations with meditation, powers will come.
48. Child, if you meditate on the unborn, you will cut down samsara.
49. Child, if you complete the six perfections, realization will come.
50. Child, if you purify the winds of the life force, disease will disappear.
51. Child, by accepting ascetic hardship, joy comes naturally.
52. Child, if you master your mind, bliss will come.
53. Child, if you don’t grasp to your body and mind, in your next life you will become famous.
54. Child, if you give up your body, this is the ultimate protection.
55. Child, if you become forgetful of the teaching, you go against the teachings of the Buddha.
56. Child, if you give Dharma for worldly reasons, you will be punished by dakinis.
57. Child, if you speak beautifully but behave badly, you become the worst of practitioners.
58. Child, talk won’t help others; therefore, act for their benefit.
59. Child, if you realize that mind is the source of samsara and nirvana, that is Buddha.
60. Child, the final reward is the realization that there is nothing to be gained.
61. Child, give up your concerns with this life: think of your future lives.
62. Child, use the three poisons as the path, and the three kayas will naturally come.
63. Child, if your mind is not wandering in duality, that is dharmakaya.
64. Child, if you can benefit others without distraction, that is rupakaya.
65. Child, the fruit of the three kayas comes from your mind and nowhere else.
66. Child, if you listen to what I say and keep it in your heart, you will become my supreme heart child.
67. Child, when you have anger and attachment, watch those thoughts.

source: http://padmasambhava.org/pema_mandala/PemaMandala_2015_lowrez.pdf