“Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to - you have uncovered in yourself your own wise guide.” PeopleHas BeensStillsTwoSpiritualVoiceWiseHeardEgoGuidesSelf DiscoveryHystericalCalculatingSpiritual Beings Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car accidents expect to die? They took life for granted, as we do. How often do we hear stories of people whom we know, or even friends, who died unexpectedly? We don't even have to be ill to die: Our bodies can suddenly break down and go out of order, just like our cars. We can be quite well one day, then fall sick and die the next.” PeopleKnowsWellsStoriesBodyDeathOrderDiesFallNextBreakDyingCarTelevisionOne DaySickDiedDown AndVictimIllAccidentsNewspapersGrantedPlanesCrashGlancesBreaking DownCar AccidentPlane CrashesLife For Granted Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more wonderful and consoling gift could you give to dying people than the knowledge that they are being prayed for, and that you are taking on their suffering and purifying their negative karma through your practice for them?” PeopleNeedsGivingMomentsDeathSufferingCompassionPracticeOur LivesWonderfulDyingNegativeKarmaUrgentConsolingPurifyingMoments In Our LivesNegative Karma Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you. They are actively helping you to develop your compassion, and so to purify and heal yourself. For me, all dying people are teachers, giving to all those who help them a chance to transform themselves through developing their compassion.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingHelpingDeathTurnsChanceCompassionTeacherDyingHealDeveloping Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“I remember how people would often come to see my master Jamyang Khyentse simply to ask for his guidance for the moment of death. He was so loved and revered throughout Tibet, especially in the eastern province of Kham, that some would travel for months on end to meet him and get his blessing just once before they died. All my masters would give this as their advice, for this is the essence of what is needed as you come to die: "Be free of attachment and aversion. Keep your mind pure. And unite your mind with Buddha."” PeopleGivingMindEndsMomentsRememberDeathDiesAsksAdviceDyingMastersMonthsNeededBlessingPureEssenceDiedGuidanceAttachmentEasternProvincesAversionTibet Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .” PeopleFeelsRealLightHopeResultsVisionMeditationOrdinaryMiracleExtraordinaryDisappointed Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“Modern society seems to be a celebration of all the things that lead away from the Truth, make Truth hard to live for, and discourage people from even believing that it exists. And to think that all this springs from a civilization that claims to adore life, but actually starves it of any real meaning; that endlessly speaks of making people “happy”, but in fact blocks their way to the source of real joy.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveRealHardFactsSeemsJoySpeakModernSourceCivilizationSpringClaimsBlockCelebrationAdoreDiscouragingModern SocietyMaking People HappyReal Joy Book:The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition
