There is no fixed time frame for coming to truly recognize the faulty nature of any given affliction. Sometimes it might take five or ten years just to arrive at a real awareness of their faulty nature. But in reality, the recognition itself can happen in a brief instant, His Holiness said. It takes different people different lengths of time to come to that moment of real recognition. His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155150385243100&substory_index=0&id=10737498099