From Thubten Chodron's great abbeye, in the usa.
* I am listening to talk 97 right now about the lam rim chenmo.
It is a time without cigarettes when I listen to such talks: 1.5 hour. So that is excellent practice and prayer and motivation.
and compassion to myself and eventually others too.
I have been listening to this talk for the last half hour. And meditating and dedicating and making prayers.
This means time, when i watch the nuns and monks talk, without cigarettes, so that is very important special times in my day. It takes a lot of compassion to quit smoking: compassion to yourslef and to others. Someone reminded me of it yesterday again, at the concert intermission.