The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
SOGYAL RINPOCHEJust because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.
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Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle workings of the teachings and the practice, and even when there is no extraordinary, dramatic change, to persevere with calm and patience.
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And if you have the understanding that comes from spiritual practice, then falling is in no way a disaster, but the discovery of an inner refuge.
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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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This life is the only time and place we can prepare in, and we can only truly prepare through spiritual practice: This is the inescapable message of the natural bardo of this life.
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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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Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are.
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The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
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Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.
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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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Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.
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For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well; Meditation is the road to enlightenment.
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How we live now can cost us our entire future.
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All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle.
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We know, in Milarepa’s words: “This thing called ‘corpse’ we dread so much is living with us here and now.”
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Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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