The Door to Satisfaction: The Heart Advice of a Tibetan Buddhist Master

Lama Zopa Rinpcohe reveals the essential meaning of an ancient text he discovered in a cave high in the Himalayas of Nepal. As Rinpoche says, Only when I read this text did I come to know what the practice of Dharma really means. This text, Opening the Door of Dharma, captures the essential point of all Buddhist training: whether any activity becomes a basis for lasting happiness and inner peace depends entirely on your motivation. Without proper motivation, it does not matter what we do - making prayers, meditating, enduring great hardships - that action does not become a Dharma practice and will not lead to liberation. Proper motivation transcends the fleeting desires of this one life and ultimately seeks the happiness of all beings. In your life, says Rinpoche, there is nothing to do other than to work for others, to cherish others. There is nothing more important in your life than this.