Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and…
Kosho Uchiyama says : “Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally ‘just sitting.’ More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now,…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought. When you see it as it is, it will dissolve like a cloud in the sky.”
John Daido Loori says : “just sitting does not involve reaching some understanding. It is the subtle activity of allowing all things to be completely at rest just as they are, not poking one’s head into the workings of the…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.”
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second.”
Matthieu Ricard says : “Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality”
Matthieu Ricard says : “Worries are pointless. If there’s a solution, there’s no need to worry. If no solution exists, there’s no point to worry.”
Kosho Uchiyama says : “Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born with me. When I die, my world dies with me. In other…
Matthieu Ricard says: “Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that isn’t always the case, his attitude is more fruitful since, in the…