The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace, and most important of all, complete absence of grasping.
SOGYAL RINPOCHEA real miracle, he said, was if someone could liberate just one negative emotion.
More Sogyal Rinpoche Quotes
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How we live now can cost us our entire future.
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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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As you perfect meditation, thoughts become like the water in a deep, narrow gorge, then a great river slowly winding its way down to the sea; finally the mind becomes like a still and placid ocean, ruffled by only the occasional ripple or wave.
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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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As we progress in it, the process reveals itself as wonderfully interdependent: We, from our side, try continually to generate devotion.
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When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .
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At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying?
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Modern society seems to be a celebration of all the things that lead away from the Truth, make Truth hard to live for, and discourage people from even believing that it exists.
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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 are actually educated into believing that nothing is real beyond what we can perceive with our ordinary senses.
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Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.
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Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.
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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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What should we “do” with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.
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Isn’t that why we have tried to fill every moment of time with noise and activity, however boring or trivial, to ensure that we are never left in silence with this stranger on our own?
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