The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave another refueling - with shamatha or with other people's love and attention - because you know… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any & all thought states.” — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Every time you connect, a little bit more clarity stays around the love, a little bit more space opens up around it. your mind… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
A mantra is basically a means of talking with your thoughts and feelings. It's a time-honored method sometimes referred to as prayer, but really… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When you have achieved a state of calmness and readiness, then you are ready to know, ready to understand in a deep way the… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Whether a Buddha comes into the world or not, the nature of things is still the nature of things. The Buddha is someone who… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Life begins with love, is maintained with love, and ends with love. Right now, while we're alive, is the time to practice and express… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Instead of thinking of this and that, one thing after the other, let your mind recognize itself in a single moment. When the mind… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
