Sogyal Rinpoche Quotes
Top 58 wise famous quotes and sayings by Sogyal Rinpoche
Sogyal Rinpoche Famous Quotes & Sayings
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The absolute truth cannot be realized within the domain of the ordinary mind, and the path beyond the ordinary mind is the path of the heart.
Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.
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
Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.
The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?
Meditation is not something that you can "do"; it is something that has to happen spontaneously, only when the practice has been perfected. However,
And when you talk about realization, accomplishment for that matter enlightenment is that when you realize the fundamental essence of your mind.
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
Anyone looking honestly at life will see that we live in a constant state of suspense and ambiguity.
Our society promotes cleverness instead of wisdom, and celebrates the most superficial, harsh, and least useful aspects of our intelligence.
The Western poet Rainer Maria Rilke has said that our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure.12
Whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever kind of person we are now: that's what we will be like at the moment of death,
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.
This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way.
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
This world can seem marvelously convincing until death collapses the illusion and evicts us from our hiding place.
Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.
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.
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.
The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.
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.
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.
When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality.
I can't say it strongly enough; to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation