Top 14 Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Quotes
#1. Siddhartha's priority was to get down to the root of the problem. Buddhism is not culturally bound. Its benefits are not limited to any particular society and have no place in government and politics. Siddhartha
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#2. [from the Acknowledgments page] ...and while comments are very welcome, I would suggest it is a waste of your precious time.
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#3. The Vajrayana is the path of the rug being pulled out from under your feet, so you need someone who knows how to do that.
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#4. It is vital to understand that however positive this worldly life, or even a small part of it, may appear to be, ultimately it will fail because absolutely nothing genuinely works in samsara.
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#5. If you dream that you are flying and continue to believe that you can fly even after you wake up, that becomes a problem.
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#8. One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain. All things have no inherent existence. Nirvana is beyond concepts.
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#9. Outwardly we should practise the shravakayana, inwardly the bodhisattvayana and secretly the vajrayana.
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#10. It is not appropriate to ask a Buddhist, "What is the purpose of life?" because the question suggests that somewhere out there, perhaps in a cave or on a mountaintop, an ultimate purpose exists. The
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#11. If it were not for certain people's greed for wealth, the highways would be filled with cars powered by the sun, and no one would be starving. Such advances are technologically and physically possible, but apparently not emotionally possible.
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#12. Although it is nonreligious and nontheistic, it's difficult to present Buddhism without sounding theoretical and religious. As
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#13. It's vital always to bear in mind that we practise for the sake of all other beings, and that the enormity of this aspiration is what makes dharma practice both extremely powerful and inexhaustible, virtually guaranteeing that the result will be infinitely beneficial.
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#14. Much of the world is jealous of the United States. Many of the religious and political fanatics who ridicule and criticize the U.S., calling Americans "Satanists" and "imperialists," would fall head over heels for a green card, if they don't already have one.
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