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The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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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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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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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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So often we want happiness, but the very way we pursue it is so clumsy and unskillful that it brings only more sorrow. Usually we assume we must grasp in order to have that something that will ensure our happiness. [...] Learning to live is learning to let go.
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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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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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Meditation is bringing the mind home.
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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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There would be no chance to get to know death at all ...if it happened only once.
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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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Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know.
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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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Let the sky outside awake a sky inside your mind.
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The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
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The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
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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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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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Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
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