Dzogchen Quote by Tulku Urgyen

“When we are no longer so tightly identified with who we used to be and how we think things should continue to be—based on…

— Lama Surya Das

“My first thoughts after waking are – and always have been – of you.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“The mind that comes to rest is tended In ways that it cannot intend: Is borne, preserved, and comprehended By what it cannot comprehend.”

— Wendell Berry

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving,…

— Bodhidharma

“Mindfulness is the extremely difficult art of leaving the past and the future alone.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

letting be is as important as mastering. Our tradition has encouraged us to be effective, to make or fabricate but not to let be…

— Luce Irigaray

“What I want to write is that I lay there until morning, with tear-stained eyes, a tear-stained pillow, a tear-stained life. What can one…

— Darin Strauss

Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old…

— Anonymous

“And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Awakening is not a process of building ourselves up but a process of letting go. It’s a process of relaxing in the middle—the paradoxical,…

— Pema Chödrön

In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedom—disturbing thoughts…

— Matthieu Ricard