Even the smallest amounts of merit ~ Gampopa
Even when your realization transcends the very notions of there being anything to accumulate or purify, continue still to accumulate even the smallest amounts of merit. Gampopa
Quote Archives: Gampopa
Maintaining awareness ~ Gampopa
When meditators are learning to stabilize the mind, they should not regard meditative equipoise as something good. If they fail to have an experience of meditative equipoise,they should not regard that is a failure. The important point is not whether meditative equipoise is present, but whether you can maintain awareness in both a settled and […]
When you find a spiritual master ~ Gampopa
When you find a spiritual master, then attend him properly without allowing your own arrogance and ego to interfere. Support his activities through sincere service and provision of necessities, but particularly through application of the teachings into practice-experiencing as well as understanding the teachings. If you are overpowered by arrogance and selfish purposes, then you […]
Signs of success ~ Gampopa
The best signs of success are a decreasing of self-centeredness and the easing of mental afflictions. Gampopa
Short human life ~ Gampopa
Just like an arrow shot by a skillful archer as soon as the string is released it does not stay but quickly reaches its target, so also is the life of humans. Gampopa
Close-minded for the dharma ~ Gampopa
A spiritual practitioner is in error when he has received abundant oral instructions and his mind still remains that of an ordinary person. Gampopa
The birth of great wisdom ~ Gampopa
Great wisdom will not take birth in you If you have earned little merit. Gampopa