The future is very much in our hands–in our actions.
SOGYAL RINPOCHELet your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion.
More Sogyal Rinpoche Quotes
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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.
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Quoting Dudjom Rinpoche on the buddha-nature: No words can describe it No example can point to it Samsara does not make it worse Nirvana does not make it better It has never been born It has never ceased.
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The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
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There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing dance of birth and death, a dance of change.
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How we live now can cost us our entire future.
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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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For me, all dying people are teachers, giving to all those who help them a chance to transform themselves through developing their compassion.
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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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So often we want happiness, but the very way we pursue it is so clumsy and unskillful that it brings only more sorrow.
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…we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
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Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don’t we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?
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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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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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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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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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