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

Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!
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What should we do with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.
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And when you talk about realization, accomplishment for that matter enlightenment is that when you realize the fundamental essence of your mind.
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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
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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.
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Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
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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.
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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.
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We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.
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I can't say it strongly enough to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation
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Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.
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...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
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Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
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There is no armor like perseverance.
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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.
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Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
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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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The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
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What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.
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Let the sky outside awake a sky inside your mind.
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