This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Our task is to strike a balance, to find a middle way, to learn not to overextend ourselves with extraneous activities and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
At the beginning of meditation training thoughts will arrive one on top of another, uninterrupted, like a steep mountain waterfall. Gradually, as… — 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
Modern society seems to be a celebration of all the things that lead away from the Truth, make Truth hard to live… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
So often we want happiness, but the very way we pursue it is so clumsy and unskillful that it brings only more… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Devotion {to the spiritual master} becomes the purest, quickest, and simplest way to realize the nature of our mind and all things.… — 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
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
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
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
{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
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
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
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
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
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
The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
“The simplicity of total trust is one of the most powerful forces in the world.” — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share
![“So often we want happiness, but the very way we pursue it is so clumsy and unskillful that it brings only more sorrow. Usually we assume we must grasp in order to have that something that will ensure our happiness. [...] Learning to live is learning to let go.” quote by Sogyal Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/sogyal-rinpoche-2963_assuming_so-often-we-want-happiness-but-the-very_1124922.jpg)
