A sailor should cross the ocean if he has a boat. A general should defeat the enemy if he has an army. A traveller who wants to go to distant lands should pursue his journey if he has an excellent horse.

As for you, who has a precious human life for the moment, and has received instructions from a spiritual master, the embodiment of all the Buddhas of the three times, think with joy and enthusiasm of travelling the great path of the supreme Dharma and getting ever closer to the ultimate goal of liberation and enlightenment.

-- Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol