Quotes from Sogyal Rinpoche

What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths of our hearts

But whether we fear death and refuse to face it, or whether we romanticize it, death is trivialized. Both despair and euphoria about death are an evasion. Death is neither depressing nor exciting; it is simply a fact of life.

The View is the comprehension of the naked awareness, within which everything is contained: sensory perception and phenomenal existence, samsara and nirvana. This awareness has two aspects: 'emptiness' as the absolute, and appearances or perception as the relative.

Trust in the nature of your mind, trust it deeply, and relax completely. There is nothing new you need to learn or acquire or understand; just allow what you have already been given to blossom in you and open at greater and greater depths.

poem by Nyoshul Khenpo: Rest in natural great peace This exhausted mind Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought, Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves In the infinite ocean of samsara.

nuestra sociedad nos trata como individuos completamente obsesionados por el poder, el sexo y el dinero, y como si hubiera que distraernos en todo momento de cualquier contacto con la muerte o con la vida real.

Meditation is not striving, but naturally becoming assimilated into it.

Lineage serves as a crucial safeguard: It maintains the authenticity and purity of the teaching.

At the moment, mind is like a candle flame: unstable, flickering, constantly changing, fanned by the violent winds of our thoughts and emotions.

Drakpa Gyaltsen, said: "Human beings spend all their lives preparing, preparing, preparing . . . Only to meet the next life unprepared.

Si eres demasiado listo, puedes perderte lo esencial».

meditation, the supreme antidote to distraction, brings the mind home and enables it to settle into its natural state.

When your amnesia over your identity begins to be cured, you will realize finally that dak dzin, grasping at self, is the root cause of all your suffering. You will understand at last how much harm it has done both to yourself and to others, and you will realize that both the noblest and the wisest thing to do is to cherish others instead of cherishing yourself. This will bring healing to your heart, healing to your mind, and healing to your spirit.

the central truth of Buddha's teaching: that we are all already essentially perfect.

Whatever may be happening to your body, remember that your heart is never sick or crippled.

Light must come from inside.You cannot ask the darkness to leave you; You must turn on the light.

Always recognize the dreamlike qualities of life and reduce attachment and aversion. Practice good-heartedness toward all beings. Be loving and compassionate, no matter what others do to you. What they will do will not matter so much when you see it as a dream. The trick is to have positive intention during the dream. This is the essential point. This is true spirituality.

Underlying our whole outlook is a neurotic conviction of our own limitations.

begin with a series of deep contemplations on the uniqueness of human life the ever-presence of impermanence and death the infallibility of the cause and effect of our actions the vicious cycle of frustration and suffering that is samsara.

Ce que vous êtes est ce que vous avez été », disait le Bouddha ; « ce que vous serez est ce que vous faites maintenant

No one wishes to be "rescued" with someone else's beliefs.

One of the greatest Buddhist traditions calls the nature of mind "the wisdom of ordinariness.

If you are too clever, you could miss the point entirely.

Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.