Monthly Archives: January 2022

As the torrent rushes into the sea, as the sun and the moon slip over the setting mountains, as days and nights, hours and minutes run away, human life flows inexorably away. —Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava

For the benefit of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the sake of the many masses of beings, and for the benefit and happiness of gods and humans, explain the holy … Continue reading →

Buddha Nature, the nature of mind, is undefiled by obscurations, like a completely pure and clear crystal, transparent and shining. Like the glow of a lamp which lights up its surroundings, insight and self-Iuminosity of mind are in themselves enlightenment, … Continue reading →

The essence of the highest teachings lies within a simple moment of awareness. —Khandro Rinpoche

One thing flows into another and cannot be grasped. The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. —Shunryu Suzuki

If you fear pain, if you dislike pain, do not anywhere do an evil deed in open or in secret. If you are doing or will do an evil deed, you will not escape pain. It will catch up to … Continue reading →

In the beginning, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers; later on, mountains are not mountains and rivers are not rivers; and still later, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers. —Traditional Zen saying

All you who would protect your minds, maintain your mindfulness and vigilance; guard them both, at cost of life and limb. I join my hands, beseeching you. —Shantideva

Since beginningless time I have always been free. Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand, and … Continue reading →

At the end of the day, all things are equal —nothing is permanent, everything fades, so why cling on so tightly to things that aren’t even there anymore? —Gyalwang Drukpa