Occupation: Lama Birth: 1947
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice..
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake th….
Sit, then, as if you were a mountain, with all the unshakeable, steadfast majesty of a mountain. A mountain is completely natural and at ease with it….
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions..
The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!.
Learning to live is learning to let go..
Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our acti….
Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path….
To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual warriors can ….
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity..
Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death you soon rea….
Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist..
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others..
Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light..
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fra….
True spirituality is to be aware that if we are interdependent with everything and everyone else, even our smallest, least significant thought, word ….
At the beginning of meditation training thoughts will arrive one on top of another, uninterrupted, like a steep mountain waterfall. Gradually, as you….
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble..
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime..
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues..
Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and….