"The act of meditation is being spacious." — Sogyal Rinpoche

"The act of meditation is being spacious."

— Sogyal Rinpoche

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96 Quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche has 96 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from…
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don't know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves…
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!
The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will…
Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and…
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us…
Meditation is bringing the mind home.
Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the…
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real…
Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing…

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Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
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