“Someone who begins to develop an interest in the teachings can tend to distance themselves from the reality of material things, as if the teachings were something completely apart from daily life. Often, at the bottom of all this, there… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“But beyond the mind, beyond our thoughts, there is something we call the 'nature of the mind', the mind's true condition, which is beyond all limits. If it is beyond the mind, though, how can we approach an understanding of it? Let's take the example of a mirror. When we look into a mirror we see in it the reflected… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share
“All the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. In the realm of philosophy, that which today is considered true, may tomorrow be proved to be false. No one can guarantee a philosophy's validity. Because of this, any intellectual way of seeing whatever is always partial and relative. The fact is that… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share
“To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“All the various types of teachings and spiritual paths are related to the different capacities of understanding that different individuals have. There does not exist, from an absolute point of view, any teaching which is more perfect or effective than another. A teaching's value lies solely in the inner awakening which an individual can arrive at through it. If a… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share
“Someone who begins to develop an interest in the teachings can tend to distance themselves from the reality of material things, as if the… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“But it can happen that a phrase intended to indicate a state beyond concepts just becomes another concept in itself, in the same way… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image