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There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is hardly ever written about by writers or intellectuals; modern philosophers do not speak of it directly.

Sogyal Rinpoche

There would be no chance to get to know death at all …if it happened only once.
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Chance Death Happened
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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Death Dying Mirror
There is no effort, only rich understanding, wakefulness, and unshakable certainty. When I am in the nature of mind, the ordinary mind is no longer there. There is no need to sustain or confirm a sense of being: I simply am.
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Confirm Longer Understanding Unshakable
For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality.
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Death Karma Real
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don’t know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should identify with or believe in.
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Believe Buddhist Home
Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.
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Climbing Helping Life Prioritise
Let your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion.
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Compassion Heart Spontaneous
Spiritual warriors can still be frightened, but even so they are courageous enough to taste suffering, to relate clearly to their fundamental fear, and to draw out without evasion the lessons from difficulties.
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Difficulties Fundamental The Lesson
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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Inspired Moments Powerful
There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is hardly ever written about by writers or intellectuals; modern philosophers do not speak of it directly.
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General Information Intellectual Philospher Speech
It has never been liberated It has never been deluded It has never existed It has never been nonexistent It has no limits at all It does not fall into any kind of category
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Category Deluded Limits Nonesxisted
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us.
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Death Encouragement Spiritual
Has my understanding of death and impermanence become so keen and so urgent that I am devoting every second to the pursuit of enlightenment? If you can answer “yes” to both of these, then you really understand impermanence.
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Answer Both Impermanence Pursuit Urgent
Tomorrow or the next life – which comes first, we never know.
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Firsts Next Tomorrow
Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
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Leave May Meditation
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
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Buddhist Lost Mind

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