127 Quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche

Wrong views and wrong convictions can be the most devastating of all our delusions. Surely both Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot must have been convinced that they were right? And yet each and every one of us has that same dangerous tendency as they had: to form convictions, believe them without question and act on them, so bringing down suffering not only on ourselves, but also on all those around us. On.

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.

The Dalai Lama has warned: ‘Too many people have the Dharma only on their lips. Instead of using the Dharma to destroy their own negative thoughts, they regard the Dharma as a possession and themselves as the owner.

This world can seem marvellously convincing until death collapses the illusion and evicts us from our hiding place. What will happen to us then if we have no clue of any deeper reality?

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth.

Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way.