When we understand what our thoughts and feelings are, and we experience them
in this way, we are able to let them come and let them go.
-- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa’s Heart Advice on
- the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications.
+ the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications
~
The second quality of devotion is absence of arrogance. The arrogant
approach is to be so passionately involved with our teacher that we become
stop clinging to our particular case history, that we relate to the teacher
and to the world in a naked and direct way, without hiding behind credentials.
-- Chögyam Trungpa, from "The Heart of the Buddha: Entering the Tibetan
- Buddhist Path"
+ Buddhist Path", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+To study and to contemplate what one has learned is very important, but these
+two can only progress if one engages in meditation practice. Thus, the
+importance of each of these three—moral conduct, study, and
+meditation—cannot be underestimated. If one practices these free of
+attachment to this life, the benefits are enormous. But to pursue these while
+seeking worldly attainments means one will not receive the benefits that would
+be gained by a genuine spiritual practitioner. For this reason, it will be
+best if you abandon any inauthentic approaches to ethical discipline, study,
+and meditation.
+ -- Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, in "Parting from the Four Attachments: A
+ Commentary on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Song of Experience on Mind
+ Training and the View", published by Shambhala Publications