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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and others.
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Our problems, all come from nothing they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.
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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?
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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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Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?
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Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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In this complex world, the best way to survive is to be genuine.
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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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Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
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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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Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
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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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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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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 future is very much in our hands--in our actions.
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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.
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We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
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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.
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Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.
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There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.
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