From Every Problem on Earth Comes From Attachment

It would be wonderful if we could recognise that our own attachment is the cause of every single problem that we experience. Problems with our husband, wife, children, society, authorities, everybody; having a bad reputation; our friends not liking us; people talking badly about us; hating our teacher, our lama, or our priest; all this truly comes from our own attachments. We can really check up…
We Westerners always have to blame something external when things go wrong, "I'm not happy, so I'd better change this." We're always trying to change the world around us instead of recognising that it's our own attachment that we have to change.

— Lama Yeshe

From Every Problem on Earth Comes From Attachment

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