24 Quotes by Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free

The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave another refueling - with shamatha or with other people's love and attention - because you know within yourself how to be free, how to be confident. With this sense of security and freedom, you begin to direct your attention to the needs of others. The compassion expands.

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training.

Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement.

You don't have to say anything.You don't have to teach anything.You just have to be who you are:a bright flame shining in the darkness of despair,a shining example of a person able to cross bridgesby opening your heart and mind.

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.