Thought of the week

We need to be born a human being, as this is the only state of existence in which there is enough suffering to give us an acute desire to be free from samsara, yet not so much suffering that we no longer have the opportunity to free ourselves through the practice of Dharma. If we do not make use of the precious opportunity of a human existence, we cannot but go downward, like a stone rolling down a hill.

DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE (1910-1991)
Adapted from The Excellent Path of Enlightenment, Snow Lion 1996.