CTR Quote of the Week

Spirituality is based on mind. In Buddhism, mind is what distinguishes sentient beings from rocks or trees or bodies of water. That which possesses discriminating

People have difficulty beginning a spiritual practice because they put a lot of energy into looking for the best and easiest way to get into

Commentary on the slogan: If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained. The idea of this slogan is the realization that whenever

Commentary on the slogan: If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained. We have all kinds of situations that we have to

Conquering fear is connected with the analogy of a saddle. In the Buddhist teachings we talk about developing such a good sense of mental balance

Without others, we would have no chance at all to develop beyond ego. So the idea here is to feel grateful that others are presenting

This is a little phrase that we should memorize. In Tibet we used to stick it on our door handles and places like that. Again,

If there is no noise outside during our sitting meditation, we cannot develop mindfulness. If we do not have aches and pains in our body,

All of our experiences are based on others, basically. As long as we have a sense of practice, some realization that we are treading on

The obstacle to patience is aggression. Patience does not mean biding your time and trying to slow down. Impatience arises when you become too sensitive

Acknowledging sanity is a discipline or a pretense: you pretend to be the Buddha, you believe you are the Buddha. Again, we are not talking

The crazy wisdom of directness, complete directness, involves relating directly with sanity, or bodhi mind. This is relating with the experience of the Buddha when

In Padmasambhava’s life, the ultimate good news is that the spiritual journey need never have been made. The journey has already been completed; therefore there’s

Conquering conceptuality and the sense of experience is a step toward the proclamation known as the lion’s roar. First you have to conquer the enemy;

New techniques are continually being introduced in our society; new books are constantly brought out. You think the books might tell you how to become

The way of the bodhisattva, a practitioner who is dedicated to helping others, is one of tremendous identification with the dharma. The dharma is no

Everything in our life is a footprint of the Buddha. Anything that goes on, whether we regard it as sublime or ridiculous, is a footprint.

Usually, we are pissed off at our world. We have lots of complaints when things don’t fulfill their function in our life: Our husband is

Every talk does not have to be a confirmation. If listening to your student or to your teacher always had to be a confirmation, it

Usually, telling the truth is very depressing. If you mix the truth with a bit of lying, if you add a bit of salt and

Thoughts do not really come up as such; they just emerge in our minds. You cannot watch their birth–they are just there. In other words,

As you continue to practice mindfulness and awareness, the seeming confusion and chaos in your mind begin to seem absurd. You see that your thoughts

Perceptions are not governed by one statement alone, but by individuals reacting to the basic elements. When individuals react to air, water, fire, space, or

Our ordinary approach to reality and truth is so poverty-stricken that we don’t realize that the truth is not one truth, but all truth. It