I remember when I was at the side of my guru, the Wish-fulfilling Jewel Thupga Rinpoche (Khenchen Thubten Chopel), practitioners with extraordinary wisdom and pure precepts were as numerous as the stars in heaven. However, quite a few of them have since fallen into a disgraceful state. On the contrary, those who had impure precepts and simpler intellect have since become great and meritorious masters.

As I reflect on these changes over time, it became apparent that even if we possess wisdom and merits in the present, they are not permanent and we should not feel a sense of superiority and dismiss others because of our achievements.

-- His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche