The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward for satisfaction, yet we never find enough to fill the emptiness we wish to escape. The real hunger… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“I don't think there is anything like the awareness of space to process emotion. That space is such an incredible processor. There is no analysis equal to the processing capacity of open awareness. When you are trying to analyze something, you don't realize that the analyzer itself is part of the problem. Both the problem and the analyzer are constructions… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share
If we cannot remain present during sleep, if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? If we enter our dreams and interact with the mind's images as if they are real, we should not expect to be free in the state after death. Look to your experience in dreams to know… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share
Developing the capacity for clear light dreams is similar to developing the capacity of abiding in the non-dual presence of rigpa during the day. In the beginning, rigpa and thought seem different, so that in the experience of rigpa there is no thought, and if thought arises we are distracted and lose rigpa. But when stabliity in rigpa is developed,… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share
No matter how long the room has been dark, an hour or a million years, the moment the lamp of awareness is lit the… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The Mother Tantra says that if one is not aware in vision, it is unlikely that one will be aware in behavior. If one… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward for satisfaction,… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Ultimately we want to use dream to liberate ourselves from all relative conditions, not simply to improve them.. — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We enter the bardo, the intermediate state after # death , just as we enter dream after falling asleep. If our experience of #… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
All experience and phenomena are understood to be a dream, this should not be just an intellectual understanding, but a vivid and lucid experience...Genuine… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The natural purity of our mind is of no use to us if we are not aware of it, and if we do not… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
