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the thought is of the mind, the mind rises after the 'I-thought', the 'I-thought' is the root thought. If that is held, the other thoughts will disappear. There will then be no body, no mind, not even the ego.

— Ramana Maharshi

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When you encounter self-criticism, confusion, or resistance, simply pause and relax..

That's being kind to yourself.

- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

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THE MIND KEEPS YOU IN DARKNESS

The awareness that is realisation is beyond the mind.

Far, far beyond the mind. It is the business of the mind to keep you unaware of what you really are. It fills you so completely with doubts and fears, it gives you the notion that there is nothing beyond the mind. By continuously generating doubts and fears it accomplishes the trick of preventing you from being aware of who you really are. It keeps you ignorant of the fact your are already realised, that you have always been realised. It is the function of the mind to keep you in the darkness of the past. When there is no mind, there is no past and no time. When there is no mind, the ultimate truth of who you are shines uninterruptedly, unimpeded, and unobscured by wrong ideas.

Hwl Poonja

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You cannot make enlightenment, because enlightenment is unconstructed. Realizing the awakened state is a matter of being diligent in allowing nondual awareness to regain its natural stability. It is difficult to reach enlightenment without such diligence, without undertaking any hardship."

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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The ultimate Dharma is the realization of the indivisibility of basic space and awareness. That is the starting point, and that is what is pointed out to begin with. It is essential to understand this; otherwise, Samantabhadra and his consort are an old blue man and woman who lived eons ago. It's not like that at all! Samantabhadra and his consort are the indivisible unity of space and awareness.

~Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, from his book As It Is, Volume I|

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[mountain-sage]

You need to simply allow the moment of

uncontrived naturalness.

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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[mountain-sage]

There are two kinds of accumulations: the accumulation of merit with concepts and the nonconceptual accumulation of wisdom.

The accumulation of merit with concepts includes the preliminary practices, the ngöndro. The nonconceptual accumulation of wisdom is the abiding in the samadhi of the natural state.

By gathering the two accumulations, we unfold the two types of supreme knowledge - the knowledge that perceives whatever exists and the knowledge that perceives the nature as it is.

By unfolding the two types of supreme knowledge, we realize the two kayas, dharmakaya and rupakaya.

Rupakaya means "form body" and has two aspects: sambhogakaya, which is the form of rainbow light, and nirmanakaya, which is the physical form of flesh and blood. This is a summary of the Vajrayana path.

Vajrayana is said to be a swift path to enlightenment simply because of unifying means and knowledge, development stage and completion stage. Vajrayana practice involves combining the visualization of a deity together with the recognition of mind essence; that is why it is a swift path. Vajrayana training is the means to realize that everything, as it is, all that appears and exists, is the buddha mandala. That is why we train in sadhana practice.

~ TULKU URGYEN RINPOCHE

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”Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.”

Taisen Deshimaru

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“Zazen is like water in a glass. Leave the water to sit quietly and soon the dirt will sink down, down, and the water will become pure.”

Taisen Deshimaru

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”Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” I say, “I do not think, that is why I exist.””

Taisen Deshimaru

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Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.

Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom

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At the moment of not recollecting anything from the past, not being involved in contemplating the future and not being preoccupied with something else in the present; let your present wakefulness gently recognize itself. When you allow this, there is an immediate and vividly awake moment.

Do not try to modify or improve upon this moment of present wakefulness. Leave it open and free as it is!

-Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS.

Anandamayi Ma

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