Original Wakefulness
“If you spend your entire life in spiritual activities within this kind of state, in which the thinker and the …
Pure awareness of nowness is the real buddha
“Since pure awareness of nowness is the real buddha, In openness and contentment I found the Lama in my heart. …
Reflect on death and impermanence
If you don’t reflect on death and impermanence, There’ll be no way to practice Dharma purely. Practice will remain an …
The precious relative bodhichitta is compassion and the precious ultimate bodhichitta is emptiness.
“The precious relative bodhichitta is compassion and the precious ultimate bodhichitta is emptiness. With compassion and emptiness, enlightenment is unavoidable. …
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Aristotle
Change no one. Change nothing. React to no one, react to nothing.
“Change no one. Change nothing. React to no one, react to nothing. Do not live in the past and do …
Blessings cannot be obtained from external parties.
“Last time, someone approached me for blessings, I told him I wouldn’t be able to give him blessings; blessings cannot …
Life is fleeting.
“You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember …
The point is not to stop the experience of problems but to stop the conditions that we call ‘problems’ from disturbing our mind, and instead use them to support the spiritual path that we practice.
“We can transform any problem, even death, into happiness. The point is not to stop the experience of problems but …