Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don't know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as one whole, where death is the beginning of another chapter of life.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
{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 Image
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
