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This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way.

Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.
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The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
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There would be no chance to get to know death at all ...if it happened only once.
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