Quotes from Thupten Jinpa

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. —WILLIAM JAMES (1842–1910)

Emptiness does not imply non-existence; emptiness implies the emptiness of intrinsic existence, which necessarily implies dependent origination. Dependence and interdependence is the nature of all things; things and events come into being only as a result of causes and conditions. Emptiness makes the law of cause and effect possible.

Come here, I shall bless you within nonduality;

O prince, abide in meditative equipoise on the spacelike ultimate. [16] In the illusionlike subsequent periods, reflect on karma and its fruits." When the teacher revealed

These are visualized in the form of streams of dark clouds, smoke, or even brackish water, which enter our body.

These are visualized in the form of white clouds, bright lights, and streams of nectar, which enter the bodies of other beings.

Therefore hold this fact of not being the object of your own disapproval

First to explain ethical discipline: It's the root of higher transmigration; It's the staircase to liberation; It's the antidote to suffering;

Witnessing kindness makes us feel compassionate, and compassion predicts helping behavior.

May you be happy . . . May you be free from suffering . . . May you be healthy . . . May you find peace and joy.

He is untainted by elaborations of the eight mundane concerns.77

May the sufferings of all sentient beings and those sufferings' causes ripen upon me, and may my own self be subdued and annihilated. May my virtues ripen on all sentient beings, and may they become endowed with happiness.

This time it is different. Today I have sought a spiritual teacher, I have read the sutras, and as a result I have now recognized the enemy!" It has been stated: The old days when you could Ruin me at will are now gone; I can see you now, so where are you off to? I shall tear down your arrogance.197

Now my own self is the enemy, and sentient beings are the friends.

being cleansed in the spacelike meditative equipoise,

Are you not sunk in the mires of a household?

Observe the defects of a householder's life and return soon." When the prince heard

If you aspire to self-mastery, [286] apply the antidotes to pride; If you aspire to overcome all obstacles,

In the past I have been preoccupied with worthless, ruinous pursuits. Now I shall regard my own self as the enemy and shall call upon all eight classes of worldly gods, demigods, and demons, and all eighty thousand families of obstructive forces to withdraw their support of this self.

Remain in equipoise on this spacelike nature, my son.

recite O? ?? H?? three times.

I shall go savor the supreme taste of Vajrayana.

Rather, the aim is to offer a systematic practice to make compassion the fundamental principle governing all aspects of our lives, from how we see ourselves and interact with others, to bringing up our children, to engaging with the world around us.

We let ourselves be at the mercy of our thoughts and our thoughts at the mercy of our negative emotions, in this way we undermine ourselves. —A TIBETAN SAYING