Four Revolting Thoughts

…Memorising all the details may perhaps not be necessary, but I think it is well worth at least getting familiar with these things if you want to set out properly on the path. You may even want to memorise a set of such things, because the teachings of the Four Revolting Thoughts can, to a large extent, be reduced to a few lists, covering, for example, the E…

…then it starts to make sense to wonder if our crap can be removed. We begin to get our thinking in order by means of the four revolting thoughts. Before we leave Ganpapa, let me say that anyone who feels like obtaining and studying this great book will first have to choose between the various versions. I would recommend the version translated by Kenpo Konch…

…They are intended to bring us to a state of revulsion at the endless suffering and bondage in which we find ourselves, which is why I like to call them the four revolting thoughts. The four repulsive thoughts might also be quite a good term. But there is something that is preliminary even to these four very basic level thoughts.…