“Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good is it to brood over the past and fret about the future? Dwell in the simplicity of the present moment. Live in harmony with the dharma. Make it the heart of your life and experience. Be the master of your own destiny.”
― The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
― The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
“There is no other way to reach enlightenment than by recognizing buddha nature and attaining stability in it. Buddhas of the past did that, and the present-day practitioners who will be the buddhas of the future will do so by recognizing their own nature and attaining stability in it. There is no other way. Nobody else can accomplish enlightenment for us or pull us into liberation. It is completely up to ourselves.”
― Repeating the Words of the Buddha
― Repeating the Words of the Buddha
“It is always beneficial to be near a spiritual teacher. These masters are like gardens or medicinal plants, sanctuaries of wisdom. In the presence of a realized master, you will rapidly attain enlightenment. In the presence of an erudite scholar, you will acquire great knowledge. In the presence of a great meditator, spiritual experience will dawn in your mind. In the presence of a bodhisattva, your compassion will expand, just as an ordinary log placed next to a log of sandalwood becomes saturated, little by little, with its fragrance.”
― The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
― The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
“All sentient beings are buddhas, but they are covered by temporary obscurations. When these are removed, they are truly buddhas enlightened.”
― As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective
― As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective
“The root of our problems is within our mind. It is our unskillful ways of thinking. We have to recognize the right ways of thinking, which bring happiness, and the wrong ways of thinking, which bring suffering. With one way of thinking, we have problems in our life; with another way of thinking, we don't. In other words, happiness and suffering come from our own mind. Our mind creates our life.”
― Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion
― Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion
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