Apprentice There has been this question bugging me: Does it all come down to sheer will power when it comes to practice?

Ngala Rig’dzin & Tsal’gyür Wangmo We would say motivation, rather than sheer will-power. The umbrella quality is compassion for oneself and others. Underneath that, motivation includes one's sense of need, fascination, curiosity, inspiration, desire, a positive sense of the potential benefit and a negative sense of the alternative, the awfulness of continuing to stew in one's ancient samsaric juices.