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Synopsis Life is fragile, like a dewdrop poised on the tip of a blade of grass carried away by the first breath of the morning breeze. A sincere desire to practice the Dharma is not enough. Do not wait passively for the wind of death to carry away all your plans before you have got around to them. How to practice: we should be like a hungry yak, browsing one tuft of grass with its eyes already fixed on the next. Filled with joy, we ought to burn with enthusiasm for practice, never falling into indolence or apathy, or thinking that we have made enough effort. In Indian yogi and spiritual master Padampa Sangye was a great traveler. Chronicles say that he crossed the Nepa-Tibet border in 1091. Having remained ten years in Tibet, he traveled for twelve years in China, and returned to the Land of Snow until his death. Before passing away at Tingir in 1117, as a last teaching, he gave these Hundred Verses of Spiritual Advice to the People of Tingri. Each of these verses is generously commented by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in a most lucid and direct way, showing that the “people or Tingri” are none others than all seekers of truth. With great love, but without any concession, Khyentse Rinpoche give us a magnificent teaching on how to turn our thoughts to what truly matters in life, practice with our whole being, and discover the ultimate nature of mind.