
26/09/2025
Family ties are as ephemeral as a chance meeting in the market place. In the course of my long life, I have more than once witnessed difficulties between husbands and wives, parents and children.
Large families are often the scene of strong attachments and hatred, which can all too easily give rise to disputes and resentment.
When the winds of trouble blow on a family, tensions that may have begun with a few momentary hostile or possessive thoughts can end up driving some of its members, as if possessed by a demon, to kill cach other or commit su***de.
When a man and a women have come together through the force of their karma, they should try to live in harmony. There is nothing good about quarrels - they cause great suffering for everyone involved.
Make it your responsibility to be agreeable to all the members of your family, and to try to turn their minds little by little toward the , simply through kindness and setting a good example.
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
- The hundred verses of Advice -