Santosh

“Wrong views and wrong convictions can be the most devastating of all our delusions. Surely both Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot must have been convinced that they were right? And yet each and every one of us has that same dangerous tendency as they had: to form convictions, believe them without question and act on them, so bringing down suffering not only on ourselves, but also on all those around us. On”
― Sogyal Rinpoche, The Future Of Buddhism

“Meditation is not something that you can “do”; it is something that has to happen spontaneously, only when the practice has been perfected. However,”
― Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying: A Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West

“The Dalai Lama has warned: ‘Too many people have the Dharma only on their lips. Instead of using the Dharma to destroy their own negative thoughts, they regard the Dharma as a possession and themselves as the owner.”
― Sogyal Rinpoche, The Future Of Buddhism

“कुछ मर कर भी जीवित थे कुछ जीते-जी मर गए थे कुछ को सचमुच मार डाला गया था और ऐसे कवियों की संख्या भी असंख्य थी जिन्हें पुरस्कार देकर मार डाला गया था इस महादेश में कविता लिखना जीवन-मरण का प्रश्न था!”
― Krishna Kalpit, Hindnama : Ek Mahadesh Ki Gatha