Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
What should we "do" with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the other is… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Devotion {to the spiritual master} becomes the purest, quickest, and simplest way to realize the nature of our mind and all things.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
This is the real and urgent reason why we must prepare now to meet death wisely, to transform our karmic future, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle workings of the teachings and the practice, and even when there is no… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are. We believe in a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
That goodness is what survives death, a fundamental goodness that is in each and every one of us. The whole of our life is… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
{While meditating} I sit quietly and rest in the nature of mind; I don't question or doubt whether I am in the "correct" state… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind." That which protects the mind from negativity, or that which protects you from your… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
If all we know of mind is the aspect of mind that dissolves when we die, we will be left with no idea of… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
“The simplicity of total trust is one of the most powerful forces in the world.” — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
