If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
“If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.” Leonard Cohen
Once you have removed all the defilements, the buddha within your mind will reveal itself.
GARCHEN RINPOCHE The Buddha said that your own mind is a buddha. Since your mind is the actual buddha, apart …
All compounded phenomena are impermanent, all emotions are pain, all things have no inherent existence, and enlightenment is beyond concepts.
So, what makes you a Buddhist? You may not have been born in a Buddhist country or to a Buddhist …
See impermanence, see death with every breath.
The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we …
How should we understand the term spiritual teacher?
“How should we understand the term spiritual teacher?” the Karmapa questioned. “This person is not necessarily someone whose name is …
How does samsara come about?
“How does samsara come about? As we perceive everything around us with our five senses, all sorts of feelings of …
So many are looking for this mind, yet it already animates their bodies. It is theirs, yet they don’t realize it.
BODHIDHARMA “Through endless ages, the mind has never changed. It has not lived or died, come or gone, gained or …
This sense of well-being, regardless of the fluctuation of outer and inner experiences, is one of the clearest ways to understand what Buddhists mean by ‘happiness’.
MINGYUR RINPOCHE “Gradually I began to recognize how feeble and transitory the thoughts and emotions that had troubled me for …
Check up silently to see what’s happening in your mind.
“At certain times, a silent mind is very important, but “silent” does not mean closed. The silent mind is an …
Great compassion makes a peaceful heart.
Great compassion makes a peaceful heart. A peaceful heart makes a peaceful person. A peaceful person makes a peaceful family. …