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When the Lama’s words have entered your heart, you are like someone seeing a treasure in the palm of the hand. —Saraha

Training in discipline leads to meditative concentration. Training in meditative concentration leads to wisdom. By training in wisdom, the mind is completely liberated from attachment, aversion, and indifference. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Sutra on the Threefold Training

Like a star, a hallucination, a candle, a magical illusion, a dewdrop, a bubble, a dream, lightning, or a cloud— know all compounded phenomena to be like this. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Diamond Cutter Sutra

If you do not like what you reap, change what you sow. —Tashi Norbu Rinpoche

Just like without contemplating death we cannot understand the true meaning of life, without contemplating suffering we cannot understand the true meaning of Liberation. —TN

Do not disregard small misdeeds, thinking they are harmless, because even tiny sparks of flame, can set fire to a mountain of hay. Do not disregard small positive acts, thinking they are without benefit, because even tiny drops of water, … Continue reading →

All beings are Buddhas, but this is concealed by adventitious stains. When their stains are purified, their Buddhahood is revealed. —Hevajra Tantra

Through study we come to understand phenomena. Through study we turn away from negative actions. Through study we give up what is meaningless. Through study we reach the state beyond sorrow. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Bodhisattva Pitaka

Not all desire is bad. The desire to be skillful is something you want to encourage, something you want to identify with as long as you need it. —Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Some believe that meditation is the real practice, and that post-meditation is just returning to normal life. However, the true view is that meditation is only a preliminary for the mindfulness that we must practice always. Real meditation starts when … Continue reading →