Tao Te Ching
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche དིལ་མགོ་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ།
1910 – 1991 CE
"Mind" incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Vajrayana master, poet, terton, scholar, and head of the one of Tibet’s main traditions; Khyentse Rinpoche became a major resource and driving force during Tibetan Buddhism’s transition out its 1000 years of isolation into the rest of the world. A descendent of Tibet’s legendary king, Trisong Detsen and a political minister father; he began an intense meditation practice and religious philosophy training when only 7 years old and then spent 13 years in caves and remote hermitages doing solitary retreats. An “archetype of spiritual teacher” and root teacher to hundreds of Tibet’s young lamas and to most of Tibet’s important modern teachers including Chogyam Trungpa, Dzongsqr Khyentse, the Dalai Lama, and Pema Chödrön; Khyentse Rinpoche’s wisdom and compassion continues to spread throughout the world.
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Mahasiddha Rimé Lineage Tibetan Vajrayana
Eras
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Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones, 1992.
Quotes by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (31 quotes)
“All aspects of every phenomenon are completely clear and lucid, the universe is open and unobstructed, everything mutually interpenetrating.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
25. The Mother of All Things
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“The continual stream of new discovery and fresh revelation and inspiration which arises at every moment is the manifestation of the eternal youth of the living Dharma and its wonder, splendor and spontaneity. ”
Chapters:
32. Uncontrived Awareness
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“Everything is naturally perfect just as it is, completely pure and undefiled. All phenomena naturally appear in their uniquely correct modes and situation, forming ever-changing patterns full of meaning and significance, like participants in a great dance… The everyday practice is just ordinary life itself.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
34. An Unmoored Boat
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“All phenomena are completely new and fresh, absolutely unique and entirely free from all concepts of past, present, and future.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
40. Returning
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“Learn to see everyday life as a mandala in which one is the center and be free of the bias and prejudice of past conditioning, present desires, and future hopes and expectations… be natural and spontaneous, accept and learn from everything.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
45. Complete Perfection
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“The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions, and to all people experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages...”
from Maha Ati
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51. Mysterious Goodness
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“Since all things are naked, clear and free from obscurations, there is nothing to attain or realize.”
from Maha Ati
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57. Wu Wei
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“The everyday practice is just ordinary life itself.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
47. Effortless Success
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“The past is but a present memory or condition, the future a present projection, and the present itself vanishes before it can be grasped.”
from Maha Ati
Chapters:
45. Complete Perfection
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“If we allow our thoughts to arise and dissolve by themselves, they will pass through our mind as a bird flies through the sky, without leaving a trace.”
Chapters:
27. No Trace
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“To meet someone who really hurts you is to meet a rare and precious treasure. Hold that person in high esteem, and make full use of the opportunity to eradicate your defects.”
Chapters:
31. Victory Funeral
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“There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave.”
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“The Mind of the Buddha - 'All thoughts in their infinite variety are completely without substance.'”
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“When you see a garden of flowers, remember naturally free life in harmony with Truth.”
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“When you see a garden of flowers, remember naturally free life in harmony with Truth.”
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“If you let your thoughts free, they will vanish into emptiness.”
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“On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!”
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“Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones-all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake… We have been deluded by our thoughts.”
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“To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.”
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“Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.”
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“Mentally fabricating self and others, we generate attachment and aversion.”
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“This mind, unlike enlightened mind, is always being carried away by one delusion after another.”
Chapters:
12. This Over That
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“All thoughts are completely without substance… Once you recognize this, they can no longer fool you.”
Chapters:
11. Appreciating Emptiness
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Chapters:
59. The Gardening of Spirit
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“Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.”
Chapters:
36. The Small, Dark Light
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“Anger, like any other thought or feeling, has no true existence—not even a definite location in your body, speech, or mind. It is just like wind roaring in empty space.”
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“Instead of allowing wild thoughts to enslave you, realize their essential emptiness.”
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“Like how a crystal takes on the color of cloth underneath it, the people we spend time with make a huge difference in the direction our life takes.”
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“An authentic spiritual teacher is like the sail that enables a boat to cross the ocean swiftly.”
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“Spending all your life trying to achieve ordinary worldly goals is like trying to net fish in a dry riverbed. Clearly understanding this, make a firm decision not to allow your life to pursue such a useless course.”
from Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones, 1992.
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Quotes about Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1 quotes)
“If Buddha Shakyamuni were alive, he would look like Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche... Whatever he did was perfection of its kind. Even the way he
walked into the hall showed this quality.”
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