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Rinpoche Quotes & Sayings

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Dream, rather than let yourself be dreamt — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Rely on the message of the teacher, not on his personality; Rely — Sogyal Rinpoche

When we look in the mirror, the one thing we don't want to see is an ordinary human being. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts. — Sogyal Rinpoche

True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any and all thought states. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

William Blake: He who binds to himself a Joy, Does the winged life destroy; He who kisses the Joy as it flies, Lives in Eternity's sunrise.7 — Sogyal Rinpoche

We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax! — Sogyal Rinpoche

If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

The point is to be free, not to be crazy. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Only the impossible is worth doing. — Akong Rinpoche

With the power of compassion there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Let your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Like this cup, you are full of opinions and speculations. To see the light of wisdom... you first must empty your cup. — Lama Rinpoche

A real miracle, he said, was if someone could liberate just one negative emotion. More — Sogyal Rinpoche

Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Being aggressive, you can accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things. — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

True confidence comes from realizing the view. — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Stupas protect beings from 5 major disasters: war, epidemic diseases, famine, pollution, n poverty. — Akong Rinpoche

It's never too early or too late to benefit beings. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Let the sky outside awake a sky inside your mind. — Sogyal Rinpoche

When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

I can't say it strongly enough; to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation — Sogyal Rinpoche

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche

When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Meditation is bringing the mind home. — Sogyal Rinpoche

When remaining in awareness itself, every thought movement, no matter what kind, is like a drawing in air. — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow. — Sogyal Rinpoche

When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

There's no difference between what is seen and the mind that sees it. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Life and death are in the mind, and nowhere else. — Sogyal Rinpoche

There is no thing to see: you simply need to see that. — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

May the suffering of all beings be pacified. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

The future is very much in our hands
in our actions. — Sogyal Rinpoche

What should we "do" with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

There is no armor like perseverance. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Two aspects to the relative world: relaxation and time management. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Ultimately we want to use dream to liberate ourselves from all relative conditions, not simply to improve them.. — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

As long as we are mindful and aware, no one practice is better than another. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing. — Sogyal Rinpoche

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

So one moment you have lost something precious, and then, in the very next moment, you find your mind is resting in a deep state of peace. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The act of meditation is being spacious. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind — Garchen Rinpoche

Seeing that nothing is solid or permanent you begin to make yourself at home in the unknown. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

MY teacher Trungpa Rinpoche encouraged us to lead our lives as an experiment, a suggestion that has been very important to me. — Pema Chodron

Don't get too excited. In the end, it's neither good nor bad. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Practice is personal; no two people's experiences are alike. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The secret is not to "think" about thoughts, but to allow them to flow through the mind, while keeping your mind free of afterthoughts. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Our top priority is to relieve suffering of human beings. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping. — Garchen Rinpoche

When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

There would be no chance to get to know death at all ... if it happened only once. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Death is a mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life. — Sogyal Rinpoche

People will die as they have lived, as themselves. — Sogyal Rinpoche

The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they become friends. — Bokar Rinpoche

Thoughts and emotions will always arise. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought.
When you see it as it is, it will dissolve like a cloud in the sky. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

We and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence ... — Sogyal Rinpoche

On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more! — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

As long as you cultivate stillness, you may enjoy peace, but whenever your mind is a little bit disturbed, deluded thoughts will set in again. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Don't always use PAIN that you receive as an excuse to GIVE PAIN ... — Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice. — Sogyal Rinpoche

A mantra is like meeting the Buddha or Bodhisattva himself. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend, being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the pheneomenal world really is. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

In this complex world, the best way to survive is to be genuine. — Sogyal Rinpoche

All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

What good are thoughts and emotions-in fact all of our experiences-if not to increase our realization? — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche