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Sogyal Rinpoche
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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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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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Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth
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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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The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
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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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Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.
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Meditation is bringing the mind home.
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It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first place, and the Buddhists did away with it. On the contrary, it means there was never any ego at all to begin with. To realize that is called egolessness.
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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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Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.
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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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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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Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
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...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
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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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What should we do with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.
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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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