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Quote by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

“You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head.”

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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, born in 1965, is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar. He has dedicated his life to the study and propagation of Tibetan Buddhism, serving as an abbot in significant monasteries in Tibet and India. As an author, he has written numerous Buddhist texts that have had a profound impact on the modern Buddhist world. He is highly regarded as a significant figure in contemporary Tibetan Buddhism. more

“Where progress has been made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it’s been because people acted as citizens, and not as politicians. They didn’t just moan. They worked, they acted, they organized, they rioted if necessary to bring their situation to the attention of people in power. And that’s what we have to do today.”

People Ifs Kind Has Beens Made Today Attention Situation Progress Citizens Politician Injustice Organized

Book:Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963-2009

Source: Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963-2009

“The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if it is painful, at least it is familiar. The mind always adheres to the known. The unknown is dangerous because it has no control over it. That's why the mind dislikes and ignores the present moment.”

Ifs Knows Mind Moments Past Known Dangerous Painful Familiar Over It Present Moment Dislike Power Of Now

Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“If all the white people who claim they don't hate us would ever get together and do something to the whites who claim they hate us, we'd see some action. Talk is cheap, if white people didn't want to have a South African situation ... there'd be none. If white people in America didn't want segregation, there'd be none ... it is the man who allows him to lynch who is never seen.”