Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Quotes - Page 2

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• Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else.

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  Summer, Single Mom, Opportunity

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• When sunlight falls on a crystal, lights of all colors of the rainbow appear; yet they have no substance that you can grasp. Likewise, all thoughts in their infinite variety are utterly without substance.

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  Fall, Color, Light

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• If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.

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  Freedom, Ego, Inspire

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• If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be the height of confusion.

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  Wisdom, Ambition, Buddhism

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• A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.

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  Beautiful, Dream, Country

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• Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them.

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  Grasping, Comes And Goes

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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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  Morning, Buddhism, Suffering

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• Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either. There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the View will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.

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  Sky, Clouds, Views

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• We live under threat from painful emotions: anger, desire, pride, jealousy and so on. Therefore we should always be ready to counter these with the appropriate antidote. True practitioners may be recognized by their unfailing mindfulness.

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  Pride, Desire, May

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• May the suffering of all beings be pacified.

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  Suffering, May

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• ...with the power of compassion there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.

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  Freedom, Compassion, Inspire

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• It’s never too early or too late to benefit beings.

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  Too Late, Benefits, Late

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• Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity.

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  Generosity, Bases, True Generosity

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• Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second.

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  Buddhism, Suffering, Rags

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