Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie? — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“The past is the past, the future not yet risen, and even the present thought, as we experience it, becomes the past.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
This is the real and urgent reason why we must prepare now to meet death wisely, to transform our karmic future, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Don't you notice that there are particular moments when you are naturally inspired to introspection? Work with them gently, for these are… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When one past thought has ceased and a future thought has not yet risen, in that gap, in between, isn't there a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Action is being truly observant of your own thoughts, good or bad, looking into the true nature of whatever thoughts may arise,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is,… — 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?… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“The essence of meditation practice in Dzogchen is encapsulated by these four points: ▪ When one past thought has ceased and a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Don’t let us take doubts with exaggerated seriousness nor let them grow out of proportion, or become black-and-white or fanatical about them.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
At the moment of death, there are two things that count: whatever we have done in our lives, and what state of… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Planning for the future is like going fishing in a dry gulch; Nothing ever works out as you wanted, so give up… — 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
