Ngakpa Chögyam > Quotes

“Hinduism is the religion of the king. If you want something – you ask the king. Christianity is the religion of the prince. If you want something – you don’t go to the king, you ask the prince. Islam is the religion of the ambassador. If you want something – you don’t go to the king, you ask the ambassador. Buddhism is the religion of the manual labourer. If you want something – you do it yourself.”
― Ngakpa Chögyam, Wisdom Eccentrics

“We cannot rely on the phenomenal world to provide either continuous pleasure or continuous pain. We can be surprised: good friends can turn against us, and generous support can be forthcoming from unlikely quarters. The ‘security of insecurity’ and the ‘insecurity of security’, is a theme that will run through this book; and, any other book that deals with Buddhist psychology.”
― Ngakpa Chögyam, Spectrum of Ecstasy: The Five Wisdom Emotions According to Vajrayana Buddhism

“The only truly stable ground we can find is emptiness. It is only possible to find security in insecurity – by establishing insecurity as security.”
― Ngakpa Chögyam, Spectrum of Ecstasy: The Five Wisdom Emotions According to Vajrayana Buddhism

“It should be possible simply to give this teaching in five words: remain in the natural state.”
― Ngakpa Chögyam, Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen

“Q: Is there a method— NCR: No. KD: There is no method. There’s just being.”
― Ngakpa Chögyam, Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen