Progress in the practice depends upon cultivating faculties of mindfulness and alertness, which are lucid and sharp. If we do not maintain them, or if they are not intense enough, we will not be able to cut through the undercurrent of our thoughts.

Thrangu Rinpoche

from the book A Song for the King: Saraha on Mahamudra Meditation

translated by Peter O'Hearn


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• We have never looked into our mind
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