Everything in the world simply arises, remains, and then passes away.
Since everything in the world simply arises, remains, and then passes away, how could it bring us any lasting happiness? …
Meditate to prepare for death
One of the main reasons we practice the Dharma is to prepare ourselves for certain death. For some, it is …
True happiness is based on peace.
“Many people think excitement is happiness…. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on …
True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. …
To dwell in the here and now
“To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for …
If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.
“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and …
When you find yourself in a troublesome situation, when you are in great pain, when an intense emotion arises, only then will you know where you are at with practice.
In prison Khenpo Munsel Rinpoche taught me this: “The extent of your realization will be known when you encounter difficult …
Have no fear
Have no fear. If there is a darkness growing in the world, there must be an equally growing light. Such …
Waves of the sunlit ocean
KALU RINPOCHE “The Emptiness of mind is the ocean; the luminosity of mind is the sunlit ocean; and the unimpeded …
All thoughts in their infinite variety – devotion, compassion, harmfulness, desire – are utterly without a substance.
“When sunlight falls on a crystal, lights of all colors of the rainbow appear; yet they have no substance that …