A few favourite short quotes.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:44 am
'All phenomena are simply different varieties of thought.' [Longchenpa]
'Once bodhicitta has been aroused in you whatever dharma practices you do will lead to the attainment of perfect enlightenment.' [Patrul]
'Just like an arrow shot by a skillful archer as soon as the string is released it does not stay but quickly reaches its target, so also is the life of humans.' [Gampopa]
'Of all teachings the ultimate is emptiness of which compassion is the very essence.' [Atisa]
'Because the object does not exist there is no subject.' [Vasubandhu]
'Refuge and bodhicitta; Buddhahood is achieved through these two alone.' [Patrul]
'So in brief, attachment to anything is broken by this four-fold analysis; complexity, impermanence, suffering, non-self.' [Mipham]
'All-pervasive suffering is the suffering inherent in the fact of being born with contaminated aggregates, which by their very nature are like a magnet attracting sickness, old age and death.' [Wangchuk Dorje]
'All impure things are essenceless heaps, arising without substance and ceasing instantly. Recognise that they are empty of self like a waterfall, rain or an empty house.' [Mipham]
'Mind itself and the true nature of objects have no reality whatsoever and are beyond intellect and inexpressible. This one point could well be the synopsis of all teachings.' [Longchenpa]
'There is no guarantee that death will not suddenly strike right now and that tomorrow you will not be reborn as an animal with horns on its head or tusks in its mouth.' [Potowa]
' Like a magical illusion are all compounded things, worthless, insignificant, void, fashioned like the firmament, devoid of self, arisen from imagination.' [Prajnaparamitasutra]
'When the parched grass of negative karma tosses in the scorching winds of attachment, the flames of misery rise higher and higher. O, Lama, light rain that pacifies. On the desolate plateau fenced by attachment, barren of the waters of calm, clear dharma, the heat of anger blazes ever on. O, Lama, thick, white cloud that cools.' [Dalai Lama VI]
'Once bodhicitta has been aroused in you whatever dharma practices you do will lead to the attainment of perfect enlightenment.' [Patrul]
'Just like an arrow shot by a skillful archer as soon as the string is released it does not stay but quickly reaches its target, so also is the life of humans.' [Gampopa]
'Of all teachings the ultimate is emptiness of which compassion is the very essence.' [Atisa]
'Because the object does not exist there is no subject.' [Vasubandhu]
'Refuge and bodhicitta; Buddhahood is achieved through these two alone.' [Patrul]
'So in brief, attachment to anything is broken by this four-fold analysis; complexity, impermanence, suffering, non-self.' [Mipham]
'All-pervasive suffering is the suffering inherent in the fact of being born with contaminated aggregates, which by their very nature are like a magnet attracting sickness, old age and death.' [Wangchuk Dorje]
'All impure things are essenceless heaps, arising without substance and ceasing instantly. Recognise that they are empty of self like a waterfall, rain or an empty house.' [Mipham]
'Mind itself and the true nature of objects have no reality whatsoever and are beyond intellect and inexpressible. This one point could well be the synopsis of all teachings.' [Longchenpa]
'There is no guarantee that death will not suddenly strike right now and that tomorrow you will not be reborn as an animal with horns on its head or tusks in its mouth.' [Potowa]
' Like a magical illusion are all compounded things, worthless, insignificant, void, fashioned like the firmament, devoid of self, arisen from imagination.' [Prajnaparamitasutra]
'When the parched grass of negative karma tosses in the scorching winds of attachment, the flames of misery rise higher and higher. O, Lama, light rain that pacifies. On the desolate plateau fenced by attachment, barren of the waters of calm, clear dharma, the heat of anger blazes ever on. O, Lama, thick, white cloud that cools.' [Dalai Lama VI]