When you make the outer world too important, there is no way the mind will remain within the understanding of the illusory nature of everything as it arises. But when the mind rests in genuine understanding of its true nature, it doesn’t matter which way the world turns, or how the world does or does not work. It is entirely up to you and how you view it.

Jetsunma Mingyur Paldron (1699 CE-1769 CE), Jetsunma Mingyur Paldron was a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. She was a disciple of Gyurme Tekchok Tendzin. She received the entire transmissions of Thug Je Chenpo De Sheg Kun Du from Lochen Dharmashri and mastered the Tsa-lung and Thigle practices at the age of fourteen. In 1717, when the Mongols invaded Tibet, she escaped to Sikkim where she taught the dharma for two years and founded the Pema Yangtse monastery.