Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Quotes

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When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enlightenment.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with the empty rituals and institutionalized values of all religious traditions.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
To discover your real questions, simply take a time-out. Stop looking ahead of yourself at where you're going or backward at where you've been. When you do stop, there's a sense of going nowhere. There's a sense of gap, which is a tremendous relief. You can simply breathe and be who you are.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
How wonderful it would be, I thought, if only we could practice the teachings of the Buddha as he really taught them from his own experience - free from the clouds of religiosity that often surround them Yet it's difficult to distinguish the tools themselves from their cultural packaging.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
It is all up to us. We are the ones who have to keep looking at our thoughts, looking for the nature of our mind. there is nobody else in control of our lives, our experiences, our freedom or our bondage.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
In each meditation session, we gather knowledge about the mind through observation, questioning, and testing. We do this over and over, until we gradually develop a meaningful understanding of our own mind.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche