Dean Paradiso

“An imaginary divinity has been given to man so that he may strip himself of it.”
― Simone Weil

“The text presented here, the Vajra Essence by Düdjom Lingpa, a nineteenth-century master of the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism, is known as the Nelug Rangjung in Tibetan, meaning “the natural emergence of the nature of existence.”1 This is an ideal teaching in which to unravel some of the common misunderstandings of Tibetan Buddhism, since it is a sweeping practice that can take one from the basics all the way to enlightenment in a single lifetime. The present volume explains the initial section on shamatha, or meditative quiescence, about nine percent of the entire Vajra Essence root text.”
― B. Alan Wallace, Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence

“The key to everything—remain apart. Our aim is to have constantly a sensation of oneself, of one’s individuality, this sensation cannot be expressed intellectually, because it is organic. It is something which makes you independent when you are with other people.”
― G. Gurdjieff, Transcripts of Gurdjieff's Meetings 1941-1946

“Yin and yang are the left and right hands of the Infinite — creator, destroyer, and reproducer of everything that exists.”
― George Ohsawa