Ah! To the primordial self-arising Lama,
I go for refuge beyond elimination and establishment
54 Pearls: 9 – Beyond Duality
Understand that pain and suffering is not ultimately determined by our environment. The real source of our afflictions is dualistic thinking. Buddhist methods increase our wisdom, and thereby transform our minds. When our wisdom has sufficiently developed, we are no longer at the mercy of our dualistic mind, no matter what the situation.
