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True Quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche
- Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
- Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we…
- Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death…
- When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly, to be deluded.…
- Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all…
- True spirituality is to be aware that if we are interdependent with everything and everyone else, even our smallest, least significant thought, word and action…
- The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you…
- Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
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- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
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- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
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- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
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