Quote

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
Actor
Lama
Writer
True
Outwardly
Nature
Inwardly
Mind
Nirvana
Projection
Recognizing
Buddhist
Turned
Samsara
Lost
Projections

More quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche

Image
Once an old woman came to Buddha and asked him how to meditate. He told her to remain aware of every movement of her hands as she drew the water from the well, knowing that if she did, she would soon find herself in that state of alert and spacious calm that is meditation.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
There would be no chance to get to know death at all ...if it happened only once.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
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.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
I can't say it strongly enough to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Looking at the world today, we might easily forget that the main purpose of our life - you could call it the heart of being human - is to be happy. All of us share the same wish, and the same right, to seek happiness and avoid suffering. Even following a spiritual path, or the religious life, is a quest for happiness.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to - you have uncovered in yourself your own wise guide.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and others.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Yet is our deepest desire is truly to live and go on living, why do we blindly insist that death is the end? Why not at least try and explore the possibility that there may be a life after?
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Let the sky outside awake a sky inside your mind.
Sogyal Rinpoche