miscellaneous advice...

one day an olde man
was circumamubulating
reting monastery..
geshe drom said to him:
sir, i am happy to see you
circumambulating, but
wouldn't you prefer to
be practicing the dharma?

thinking this over, the olde man
felt he'd better cover himself
by reading some buddhist scriptures.
while he was reading
in the temple courtyard,
geshe drom said:
i am happy to see you
reading the dharma, but
wouldn't you prefer
to be practicing it?

at this, the olde man
thought that the best way
to cover himself would be
to meditate single-pointedly.
he put aside his reading
and sat on a cushion,
his eyes half-closed.
drom said;
good to see you meditating, but
wouldn't you rather be
practicing the dharma?

with nothing else left to do,
the olde man asked:
geshe, please,
how do i practice the dharma?

drom replied:
when you practice,
there is no distinction
between the dharma
and
your own mind....
~tsun ba je gom