Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing death forever.
SOGYAL RINPOCHEOur 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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The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness, which underlies the whole of life and death
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Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.
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How we live now can cost us our entire future.
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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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And when you talk about realization, accomplishment for that matter enlightenment is that when you realize the fundamental essence of your mind.
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Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
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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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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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The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
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Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.
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The act of meditation is being spacious.
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Let your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion.
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Yet is our deepest desire is truly to live and go on living, why do we blindly insist that death is the end? Why not at least try and explore the possibility that there may be a life after?
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A real miracle, he said, was if someone could liberate just one negative emotion.
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