Elevate your mind |
Elevate your mind and you will see that sensual desires will cause suffering
and may even vulgarize you. When you are fully occupied with the worldly
life, it?s difficult to recognize this. Make the resolution to release all sensual
desires so that you become ever more purified.
I have looked into my past lives, into the mundane and into the sublime, and
I see that I have been this way for a long time. Throughout my childhood
in this lifetime, I never had those kinds of thoughts in my mind, and I never
desired to fall in love with anyone. I had some suitors, but I brushed them
off. Then I entered the temple. I saw that I had been pure in this way, and I
made the resolution that I wanted to remain this way for all my future lifetimes
as well.
Make a resolution every day to elevate your mind above sensual desires.
Resolve also for other worthy things. The more centered your mind is the
more effective your resolutions will become. The more resolutions you make
the more merit you gain, and the more of your wishes will come true. |
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