Quote

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
Actor
Lama
Writer
Time
Consists
Buddhism
Western
Activity
Issues
Cramming
Suffering
Compulsive
Lives
Confront
Real
Laziness

More quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche

Image
The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness, which underlies the whole of life and death
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
Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.
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
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
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
Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
When one past thought has ceased and a future thought has not yet risen, in that gap, in between, isn't there a consciousness of the present moment fresh, virgin, unaltered by even a hair's breadth of a concept, a luminous, naked awareness? Well, that's what naturally peaceful awareness is.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you. They are actively helping you to develop your compassion, and so to purify and heal yourself. For me, all dying people are teachers, giving to all those who help them a chance to transform themselves through developing their compassion.
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 problems, all come from nothing they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
Just as if you put your finger into water, it will get wet, and if you put it into fire, it will burn, so if you invest your mind in the wisdom mind of the Buddhas, it will transform into their wisdom nature.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Image
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.
Sogyal Rinpoche