“Just calling one's practice "approach and accomplishment" and staying in retreat for years will produce nothing but hardship. Completing hundreds of millions… — Patrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“But, nevertheless, if there is even the slightest recognition, liberation is easy. Should you ask why this is so—it is because once… — Karma-glin-pa Copy Share Image
It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid… — Adam Yauch Copy Share Image
“It is as if I have entered what the Tibetans call the Bardo-literally, between-two-existences- a dreamlike hallucination that precedes reincarnation, not necessarily… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“As in other Buddhist Tantric techniques, recommended preliminaries for these practices include developing skill at both calm-abiding ( zhi gnas ; śamatha… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
“Your job then, should you choose to accept it, is to keep searching for the metaphors, rituals and teachers that will help… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The naked body of the female consort illustrates freedom from the obscuration of conceptual symbols. As an illustration of unchanging great bliss… — Getse Mahapandita Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, or Nirvana, is nothing other than the state beyond all obstacles, in the same way that from the peak of a… — Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“If we lack the proper antidotes of emptiness and bodhichitta, we will not be able to control our minds when frightening appearances… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
“They asked a wise man: Why don’t we ever hear you backbiting and slandering? He said: I’m still not happy with myself… — Ahmad Musa Jibril Copy Share Image
All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
“There is no miserable place waiting for you, no hell realm, sitting and waiting like Alaska—waiting to turn you into ice cream.… — Lama Yeshe Copy Share Image
“Initially, we should practice Chöd alone in our rooms at night, quietly, with less fear. It is by gradually developing bodhicitta and… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
Buddhism - Tibetan Buddhism - teaches us many things, peace comes from within, we must be free ourselves from earthly desires... — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
