The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
ADYASHANTIIn order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true.
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A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in it.
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The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.
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Stop all doing and be still. Let the fire of stillness burn everything and reveal That which is Openness.
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Love moves without an agenda. It just moves because that is its nature to move.
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Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.
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Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.
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A meditative mind is at ease because it’s not trying to acquire anything.
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The truth is that you already are what you are seeking. You are looking for God with his eyes. I suggest you ask, “What’s ultimately behind this set of eyes?” Turn around to see what is looking.
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If you filter my words through any tradition or ‘-ism’, you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it is alive. It cannot be put into concepts and be understood by the mind.
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True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.
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We don’t come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don’t come to clarity by avoiding confusion.
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You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
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Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.
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When you begin to become conscious, more aware, when your eyes begin to open, the first thing you see is how deluded you are and how much you’re holding onto that which makes you suffer. This is, in many ways, the most important step: Are you willing to be aware?
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Radiantly nothing. Absolutely and eternally zero. Emptiness that is awake. Emptiness that is full. Emptiness that is everything.
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