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Sogyal Rinpoche offers nine concise teachings that blend Buddhist insight with everyday practice. These brief reflections point toward mindfulness and compassion as tools for navigating daily existence.

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Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real…

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Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to…

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Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving,…

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Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.

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That goodness is what survives death, a fundamental goodness that is in each and every one of us. The whole of our…

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At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying?…

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Our task is to strike a balance, to find a middle way, to learn not to overextend ourselves with extraneous activities and…

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At the moment of death, there are two things that count: whatever we have done in our lives, and what state of…

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What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths…

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The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.

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Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.

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{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…

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The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

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The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind." That which protects the mind from negativity, or that which protects you from your…

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If all we know of mind is the aspect of mind that dissolves when we die, we will be left with no idea of…

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Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

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The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

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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,…

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The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace, and…

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Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

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“The simplicity of total trust is one of the most powerful forces in the world.”

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