Tsoknyi Rinpoche Quotes

Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.

Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement.

We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us wherever we go.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

Instead of focusing on some thoughts and feelings and pushing away others, just look at them as feathers flying in the wind. The wind is your awareness, your inborn openness and clarity.

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free

True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any and all thought states.

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.

Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training.

Our top priority is to relieve suffering of human beings.

Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.