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“It is such a mistake to assume that practicing

“It is such a mistake to assume that practicing dharma will help us calm down and lead an untroubled life; nothing could be further from the truth. Dharma is not a therapy. Quite the opposite, in fact; dharma is tailored specifically to turn your life upside down—it’s what you sign up for. So when your life goes pear-shaped, why do you complain? If you practice and your life fails to capsize, it is a sign that what you are doing is not working. This is what distinguishes the dharma from New Age methods involving auras, relationships, communication, well-being, the Inner Child, being one with the universe, and tree hugging. From the point of view of dharma, such interests are the toys of samsaric beings—toys that quickly bore us senseless.”
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- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, “Not for Happiness”
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. -Buddha
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“Whether you pride yourself on your religion or

“Whether you pride yourself on your religion or on not belonging to any religion, faith plays an important role in your existence. Even "not believing" requires faith...total, blind faith in your own logic or reasons.”

- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
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“A sincere wish to practice the dharma is not bo

“A sincere wish to practice the dharma is not born of a desire for personal happiness or to be perceived as a “good” person, but neither do we practice because we want to be unhappy or become “bad” people. A genuine aspiration to practice dharma arises from longing to attain enlightenment.
By and large, human beings tend to prefer to fit in to society by following accepted rules of etiquette and being gentle, polite and respectful. The irony is that is also how most people imagine a spiritual person should behave. When a so- called dharma practitioner is seen to behave badly, we shake our heads over her audacity at presenting herself as a follower of the Buddha. Yet such judgments are better avoided, because to “fit in “is not what a genuine dharma practitioner strives for. Think of Tilopa,for example. He looked so outlandish that if he turned up on your doorstep today, odds are you would refuse to let him in. And you would have a point. He would most probably be almost completely naked; if you were lucky, he might be sporting some kind of G-string; his hair would never have been introduced to shampoo; and protruding from his mouth would quiver the tail of a live fish. What would your moral judgement be of such a being?”Him! A Buddhist? But he’s tormenting that poor creature by eating it alive!” This is how our theistic, moralistic and judgemental minds work. In fact, they work in a very similar way to those of the world’s more puritanical and destructive religions. Of course, there is nothing necessarily wrong with morality, but the point of spiritual practice, according to the vajrayana teachings, is to go beyond all our concepts, including those of morality. “
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~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche ~ Not for Happiness *A guide to the so-called preliminary practices
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