Category: Quotes

If you have not transformed your mind, it is not possible that you are going to be able to practice or realise these profound practices. We must transform our mind to that state of purity, that precious state of purity, that we have sufficient meditation and meditative stability and sufficient belief and then our practice … Continued

The crazy monkey mind always considers: ‘I’m the most important, I’m the most important!’ This is called selfishness and living like this is a very unhappy state. One has very few friends and even people who love them, their family, might leave them as well.

Make sure that every day you practice, and you practice well. Master every day’s meditation. And at the time of your death, it is not death that has arrived, it is your liberation that has arrived. The attainment of Buddhahood has arrived, not death. It all depends on how we have practiced, so definitely make … Continued

Rigpa is the true nature of our mind. It’s that radiant portion/aspect/quality. We can still practice; we can develop it. When we abide in Rigpa, many of these negative emotions that arise, they will naturally disappear. Although they might still arise, they will naturally disappear. In this way, these (negative) thoughts will not become actions.

And what is your teacher? – he is a Bodhisattva. And anybody can give rise to bodhicitta – this is bodhicitta. You see him (your Teachers) externally just like a normal person, but inside, these great practitioners have great bodhicitta – they are all bodhisattvas. And this is the great power of them.

Death, in reality, is just an expression of not having practiced properly. As long as you have practiced well, death is not suffering. It can be faced with cherishing. (It may be) the end of samsara, the beginning of nirvana. This is death. And on that day, the attainment of Buddhahood has started. If we … Continued

Perceiving now the faults possessed by “I”,The ocean of good qualities that are in “other”,I shall lay aside all love of selfAnd gain the habit of adopting other beings. Shantideva

Before we practice the teachings, there are some preparations we have to do. Regarding the preliminary practices, they are the essence, the core or the foundation and on the basis of preliminaries, if we practice well, then we arrive at the main practice of Dzogchen teachings.

The goal of every act is happiness itself,Though, even with great wealth, it’s rarely found.So take your pleasure in the excellence of others.Let them be a heartfelt joy to you. Shantideva

To subdue jealousy is the way of the Bodhisattva; to subdue anger is the way of the Bodhisattva; to subdue attachment is the way of the Bodhisattva.