Tag Archives: Dilgo Khyentse
There is nothing solid to it all
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche At present, the outer universe – earth, stones, mountains, rocks, and cliffs – seems to the perception of our senses to be permanent and stable, like the house built of reinforced concrete that we think will last … Continue reading
Deep sense of contentment
H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 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 … Continue reading
“I” is just a thought
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. If you vanquish it tomorow, you will be enlightened tomorow night. But if you never vanquish it, you will never be enlightened. Yet ” I ” is … Continue reading
The primordial simplicity of awareness is itself Buddhahood
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Banishing all hope and all fear, rest in the diamond-like certainty that the primordial simplicity of awareness is itself Buddhahood. That is the way of perfect bliss, in which all the qualities of enlightenment will flourish … Continue reading
It is just thoughts
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Mind creates both samsara and nirvana. Yet there is nothing much to it – it is just thoughts. Once we recognize that thoughts are empty, the mind will no longer have the power to deceive us. But … Continue reading
Everyday life is our mandala
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche We should learn to see everyday life as mandala – the luminous fringes of experience, which radiate spontaneously from the empty nature of our being. The aspects of our mandala are the day-to-day objects of our life … Continue reading
We lack nothing
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche We should also avoid thinking of ourselves as worthless persons – we are naturally free and unconditioned. We are intrinsically enlightened and lack nothing. When engaging in meditation practice, we should feel it to be as natural … Continue reading
Everything is naturally perfect just as it is
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche With no effort or practice whatsoever, liberation or enlightenment is already here. The everyday practice of Dzogchen is just everyday life itself. Since the undeveloped state does not exist, there is no need to behave in any … Continue reading
