‘Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance.’
Surangama Sutra
‘Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance.’
Surangama Sutra
‘Because there is no origination there is no duration and no destruction.’
Nagarjuna
When I just rest
within empty lucidity,
the false cavern of all things of samsara and nirvana implodes,
and everything dawns as the ornamentation of ultimate reality.
‘The essence of emptiness is the non-existence of duality.’
Madhyānta-vibhāga
‘When you reflect on the practice of the ancients… Sometimes, while practising it is as easy as pushing a boat over ice. At other times it is as difficult as trying to drag a cow to a well.’
Kusan Sunim
‘The Buddha was totally awakened and saw the three times as clearly as if they were held in the palm of his own hand. The teachings are based on this immense clarity.’
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
‘This liberation is like earth, because it’s the refuge of all sentient beings.’
Avalokiteshvara
‘There is no other door to peace,
And it destroys wrong views.
That which is the object of
All Buddhas is called selflessness.’
Aryadeva