Beyond hopefulness and hopelessness ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Suffering in hopefulness is the eternalist. Suffering in hopelessness is the nihilist. Beyond both hopefulness and hopelessness is the Buddhist. Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Quote Archives: Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Entirely spiritual ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Some people think that Buddhism is a philosophy and not a religion; but Buddhism is neither a nihilist philosophy nor an eternalist religion. This is a complete deviation whose source is material judgment, made by people who try to find out about Buddhism but merely focus on its objective, material aspects out of their own […]
Better without a typewriter ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
I would like to be an expert writer with unblocked mind profoundly expressing all the words I want to say clearly and deeply. But I’m afraid that when one has paper, there is no ink, and when there is ink, there is no paper. When one has both paper and ink, there are no words. […]
Sublime beings ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Sublime beings can appear in the inexpressible qualities of the Buddha which are beyond the habit of substantial reality’s form. If we only accept the existence of what can be accommodated within our ordinary delusion, it is impossible to have faith in enlightenment, which is the infalliable, pure phenomena of any Buddha and is beyond […]
Wisdom mind ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
I bow to my own wisdom mind which is my best wisdom teacher, the source of all visible and invisible qualities. Sentient beings are always in time and place. If sentient beings are in time, my wisdom teacher dances magically in time. If sentient beings are in place, my wisdom teacher dances magically in place. […]
Belief and faith ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
The ideas presented in some favorite Western Dharma books, such as ‘Buddhism without Beliefs’ and ‘The Faith To Doubt’, are in disagreement with Buddhist views about belief and faith. These ideas do not exist in any kind of Buddhism, and they are unbelievably dangerous because they prevent faith and spirituality with ideas that are one-sidedly […]
Unconditioned purity ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
The unconditioned, natural state of buddhas and its immeasurable phenomena are always equally pure. Therefore, all buddhas are never in transitional states because they are always abiding in indivisible, vajra-wisdom buddhafields. Sentient beings have the same unconditioned purity as buddhas, but through not recognizing the even purity of the reflections of mirrorlike mind, they moved […]