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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
Sogyal Rinpoche
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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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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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Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.
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Don't you notice that there are particular moments when you are naturally inspired to introspection? Work with them gently, for these are the moments when you can go through a powerful experience, and your whole worldview can change quickly.
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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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Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
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Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.
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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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We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
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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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We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.
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Sit, then, as if you were a mountain, with all the unshakeable, steadfast majesty of a mountain. A mountain is completely natural and at ease with itself, however strong the winds that try to bother it, however thick the dark clouds that swirl around its peak. Sitting like a mountain, let your mind rise and fly and soar
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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.
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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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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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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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Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.
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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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