Don't put an ox's load on a cow.

Life is what you experience. What you experience is your life. Don't try to shift the unpleasantness your reactive patterns bring you onto another person.

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Groundwork

Objects, poisons, seeds of virtue

Begin the sequence of taking with you

Make adversity the path of awakening

Drive all blame into one

Be grateful to everyone

The four practices

Give up any hope for results

Don't put an ox's load on a cow

Don't turn a god into a demon

Whatever happens, be patient

Don't be dependent on extraneous conditions

Practice what's important now