Honestly, it’s not like there is a good buddha nature in Samantabhadra and a bad one in an insect. The minds of every single one of us possess the same quality of buddha nature. It is so close and easy that we don’t believe it. It is so close and it is so easy that most people find it impossible to trust that simply letting be is sufficient!

But the difference between samsara and nirvana is simply a matter of either recognizing or not recognizing. The very moment you recognize, there is nothing simpler than that. In the moment of seeing mind essence, it is already recognized; there is nothing more that needs to be done. At that very moment it is not necessary to meditate even a speck.

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

from the book The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories

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