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…we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .

Sogyal Rinpoche

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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Compassion Inescapable Moment Natural Urgent
All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle.
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Extraordinary Hope Light Meditation Often Real
Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.
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Gratitude Intelligent Real
So many contradictory voices, dictates, and feelings fight for control over our inner lives that we find ourselves scattered everywhere, in all directions, leaving nobody at home.
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Control Home Leaving Scattered
if we do not change. This is why it is so absolutely important to use this lifetime to purify our mindstream, and so our basic being and character, while we can.
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Character Important Mindstream
Our bodies can suddenly break down and go out of order, just like our cars. We can be quite well one day, then fall sick and die the next.
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Break Die Down Next Sick Suddenly
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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Death Dying Mirror
{While meditating} I sit quietly and rest in the nature of mind; I don’t question or doubt whether I am in the “correct” state or not.
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Doubt Effort Understanding
What should we “do” with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.
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Meditation Mind Spiritual
The act of meditation is being spacious.
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Act Meditation Spacious
Every time I hear the rush of a mountain stream, or the waves crashing on the shore, or my own heartbeat,
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Heartbeat Mountain Shore Stream
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
Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.
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Buddhist Spiritual Yoga
Tomorrow or the next life – which comes first, we never know.
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Firsts Next Tomorrow
How we live now can cost us our entire future.
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Cost Entire Future Live Now
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
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Balance Keys Simplicity

…we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .

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