Jamyang Khyentse Quotes

#1. An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe in and out, and we just watch that. Nothing else.

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#2. Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.

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#3. There is a way beyond this life and beyond death, the path of liberation. In order to be liberated, you have to enter into the world of advanced meditation.

Frederick Lenz

#4. Outwardly we should practise the shravakayana, inwardly the bodhisattvayana and secretly the vajrayana.

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#5. The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#6. Happiness isn't a constant. You get fleeting glimpses. You have to fight for those moments, but they make it all worth it.

Taylor Swift

#7. Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#8. 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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#9. That would make an interesting story: How did you two get to be friends? Oh, she threatened to kill me ...

Karen McQuestion

#10. Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.

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#11. Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.

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#12. 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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#13. The last steps of life are ever slow and difficult.

Madame De Stael

#14. Although it is nonreligious and nontheistic, it's difficult to present Buddhism without sounding theoretical and religious. As

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#15. 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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#16. Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself.

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#17. 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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#18. 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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#19. Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

Richard Koch

#20. Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.

Domhnall Gleeson

#21. As long as we are mindful and aware, no one practice is better than another.

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#22. Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

Courtney Love

#23. 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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#24. it looks dualistic, but it has that ability to liberate you from the bondage of dualism.

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#25. We are like monkeys who dwell in the forest and shit on the very branches from which we hang.

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#26. Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die.

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#27. We love purely when we release other people to be who they are.

Marianne Williamson

#28. 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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#29. 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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#30. Parents have got to chill out. Let your kid eat dirt - they're gonna be fine!

Jeff Garlin

#31. she wore a fitted red minidress with aspirations to be a bikini.

Ella Summers

#32. 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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#33. [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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