Birth: 1965
To discover your real questions, simply take a time-out. Stop looking ahead of yourself at where you’re going or backward at where you’ve been. When ….
It is all up to us. We are the ones who have to keep looking at our thoughts, looking for the nature of our mind. there is nobody else in control of ….
The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking..
You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head..
In the end, we have nothing to lose by opening our hearts..
We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda..
When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enli….
That is the essence and mission of 'rebel buddha': to free us from the illusions we create by ourselves, about ourselves, and from those that masquer….
There is no inherent awakening power in cultural forms that have become dissociated from the wisdom and practicality that gave birth to them. They tu….
The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego..
True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness..
Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life..
There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature..
When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment..
Meditation is simply getting to know your mind..
Two aspects to the relative world: relaxation and time management..
It is not about how much you give, it is about how much you can let go with your mind..
How wonderful it would be, I thought, if only we could practice the teachings of the Buddha as he really taught them from his own experience - free f….
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with the empty ritu….
In each meditation session, we gather knowledge about the mind through observation, questioning, and testing. We do this over and over, until we grad….