What attitude should we adopt when we begin to listen to Dharma?

When we begin to listen to a session of Dharma, it is important to establish a momentum of intention by thinking at the start: "During this session, I will listen well to the teachings and will do my best to remember them." 

When the guru says something that we find particularly striking, we should make the resolution "I must, at all costs, remember this clearly."

His Holiness, 17th Gyalwang Karmapa

Ogyen Trinley Dorje

From teaching on Torch of Certainty
by Jamgon Lodro Thaye 

at 31st Kagyu Monlam

Session 3