Adopting an attitude of not needing anything ~ Longchenpa
Unless we limit our desires from within by adopting an attitude of not needing anything at all, then even mastery over a thousand worlds will bring no real satisfaction. Longchenpa
Quote Archives: Longchenpa
The play of illusion ~ Longchenpa
Without the slightest trace of anything to cultivate or focus upon in meditation, don’t allow yourself to drift even for a single instant into ordinary confusion. Instead, remain aware and undistracted during all activities, and train to recognize all sights and sounds and sensory experience as the play of illusion. In so doing, you will […]
Preparing for the uncertainty of the time of death ~ Longchenpa
Should we fail to prepare for the uncertainty of the time of death, we will not accomplish the great purpose, that which we will surely need when we die. Longchenpa
Blending our own mind with the Dharma ~ Longchenpa
If realization does not dawn from within, dry explanations and theoretical understanding will not bring the fruit of awakening. To put it simply, unless we blend our own mind with the Dharma, it is pointless merely to adopt the guise of a practitioner. Longchenpa
Devotion for our kind teachers ~ Longchenpa
Unless we have such devotion for our kind teachers that we consider them as greater than the Buddha, we will not receive even a single portion of their blessings. Without genuinely receiving blessings, the tender shoots of experience and realization will not grow. Longchenpa
Or are we so dull? ~ Longchenpa
Happiness, hand in hand with suffering, inexpressibly, is intrinsically present – or are our minds too dull to notice? The build-up of samsaric propensities, primordially, is the pure dimension of being – pity him who has not noticed! In the field of sense organ, object and consciousness every recollection and apperception, every flicker of the […]
Pure perception and devotion ~ Longchenpa
Respect and develop pure perception and devotion toward those who are practicing Dharma as the noble sangha. If you see faults in others, think that they’re the reflections of your own delusions. If you see good qualities in others, meditate on rejoicing over them. Disclose and expel your own faults. Generate virtuous qualities and act […]
The display of your own intrinsic nature ~ Longchenpa
In the expanse in which self-knowing rigpa arises spontaneously, free of all grasping, rest and relax, without contrivance or fabrication. Whatever thoughts arise, recognizing their essence, allow them all to be liberated as the display of your own intrinsic nature. Longchenpa
View, meditation,conduct and fruit ~ Longchenpa
As your true view, look into the changeless, empty cognizance. As your true meditation, let your mind nature be as it is. As your true conduct, let the delusion of dualistic fixation collapse. As your true fruition, don’t seek the result that is spontaneously present. Longchenpa
Please keep this in mind ~ Longchenpa
In short, at all times and in all situations, let whatever you do accord with the sacred Dharma and dedicate all virtue towards enlightenment. If you do so, you will fulfill the vision of your lamas and be of service to the teachings. You will repay the kindness of your parents and spontaneously benefit yourself […]
Whatever you encounter ~ Longchenpa
Whatever you encounter — be it happiness or sorrow, good or bad — regard it as the kindness of the lama. Longchenpa
Practice ~ Longchenpa
Practice guru yoga, pray with single-minded attention, and direct all virtuous actions to the benefit of all beings, your very own parents. Longchenpa
The pathless path ~ Longchenpa
The pathless path is the path always under our feet and since that path is always beneath us, if we miss it, how stupid! Longchenpa
Timeless spontaneity ~ Longchenpa
Timeless spontaneity, forever present, is created by no-one; it is the pure mind that like a wish-fulfilling gem is the origin of all our samsara and nirvana. Longchenpa
Gazing at the uncontrived sameness of every experience ~ Longchenpa
We should cast aside all childish games that fetter and exhaust body, speech and mind; and stretching out in inconceivable nonaction, in the unstructured matrix, the actuality of emptiness, where the natural perfection of reality lies, we should gaze at the uncontrived sameness of every experience, all conditioning and ambition resolved with finality. Longchenpa
Aspiration for the time of death ~ Longchenpa
When my time has come and impermanence and death have caught up with me, When the breath ceases, and the body and mind go their separate ways, May I not experience delusion, attachment, and clinging, But remain in the natural state of ultimate reality. Longchenpa
The fearless sage ~ Longchenpa
He who loves others and serves them does not slacken his effort when his life is endangered: the fearless sage with true sense of responsibility never forsakes others’ desperation. Longchenpa
Open to infinity ~ Longchenpa
Pure mind is like the empty sky, Without memory, supreme meditation; It is our own nature, unstirring, uncontrived, And wherever that abides is the superior mind, One in buddhahood without any sign, One in view free of limiting elaboration, One in meditation free of limiting ideation, One in conduct free of limiting endeavor, And one […]
Practicing the union of the two truths ~ Longchenpa
Speaking about blank emptiness and disregarding cause and effect, Thinking that non-action is the ultimate, We give up the two kinds of accumulation, leading to the deterioration of our practice. ‘To practice unifying both’ is my heart advice. Longchenpa
Ultimate contemplation ~ Longchenpa
Whatever occurs, whatever it may be, that itself is the key, And without stopping it or nourishing it, in an even flow, Freely resting, surrendering to ultimate contemplation, In naked pristine purity we reach consummation. Longchenpa