Unwaveringly remain right with that very seeker.
-- Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche, "Strand of Jewels", published by Shambhala
Publications
+~
+Thus, all compounded and uncompounded phenomena--the ten directions, the
+three times, the three worlds, and so forth--are none other than one’s own
+mind, as is stated in the Great Sovereign of Practices, the Victory over the
+Three Worlds: "If one realizes, in accordance with one’s own unmistaken
+mind or the power of the mind, that discerning consciousness is the very
+nature of the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the like, one is enlightened. If one
+fails to understand this, everything appears as the vessel and contents that
+constitute samsara. The three worlds are simply this; the great elements
+are simply this."
+ -- Padmasambhava, "A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and
+ Result in the Nine Vehicles", from Padmasambhava’s classic text with a
+ commentary by Jamgön Mipham, published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The Hinayana counsels a life of discipline--not the onerous, punishing kind,
+but the kind that can actually create a life of joy. Little slips are to be
+avoided because they really seem to pile up. Rather than being seen as moral
+wrongdoings, however, they are seen as obstacles and obscurations to true
+wakefulness and as such are to be eschewed. To do so, tremendous precision is
+required. I mean, take just one of the most basic precepts, common to every
+religion under the sun: "don’t lie." If you can read to the end of this
+paragraph without telling a lie, please alert the media.
+ -- Susan Piver, "Start Here Now", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The reason and the meaning of love in our life is very profound. It is unlike
+any other reason. In my own personal view, I do not think that love has to be
+for no reason at all. Rather, I think that the reason to love is so vast that
+it cannot be limited to any particular reasons.
+ -- The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, in "The Heart Is Noble", published by
+ Shambhala Publications
+~
+ Human beings suffer birth, sickness, aging and death. We enumerate these
+different forms of suffering but prefer not to think about what they entail.
+We only need to watch a birth to know how traumatic and painful the passage
+through the birth canal must be for the baby. Aging is distasteful to
+everyone but small children, who long to be grown up. Everyone else likes to
+be told they don’t look a day older.
+ Even reading about diseases or hearing of others’ sicknesses fills us
+with a dread that we might contract them. When we actually fall ill
+ourselves, we feel afraid and helpless. As for death, everyone avoids talking
+about it. Humans also experience the constant frustration of not getting what
+they want and getting what they don’t want. When we first meet people, they
+may seem successful and happy, but as soon as we get to know them better, we
+discover they all have a tale of woe to tell.
+ -- "Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment", commentary by Geshe
+ Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam, published by
+ Shambhala Publications
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