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“Saints and mystics throughout history have adorned their realisations with different names and given them different faces and interpretations, but what they are all fundamentally experiencing is the essential nature of the mind.”

Quote by Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche, born in 1947, is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist Lama. He is known for his profound insights into the modern world and his efforts in popularizing Tibetan Buddhism. more

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