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nondual bits of wisdom. an invitation to a simpler and fearless life.

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The best altar has Nothing on it.

~ Wu Hsin

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To see the open quality of our neuroses, we must abandon all ambition, all hope. We have to surrender to reality as it is, without holding back in the slightest. Tantra imposes a perspective of total openness.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

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No mother nor father nor
any other kin can do
greater good for oneself
than a mind directed well.

~ Buddha

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Egohood is the state of mind in which you are either repelled or attracted to the phenomenal world. What you would like to see depends on your mentality, on what you think is desirable in order to maintain your “I am-ness,” your “me-ness.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa

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Trust openness.

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The extent of your realization will be known when you encounter difficult circumstances. You will not know the extent of your realization when things go well. ~ Khenpo Munsel

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Observe things as they are and don’t pay attention to other people. There are some people just like mad dogs barking at everything that moves, even barking when the wind stirs among the grass and leaves. ~ Huang Po

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@Im_KarthikB Looking closely, the body can be seen as an object of consciousness, and therefore, like all objects in consciousness, it too is consciousness.

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Know all to be the display of awareness. ~ Tilopa

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The body itself is a thought. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, and cross over to the farther shore of existence. With mind wholly liberated, you shall come no more to birth and death. – Buddha

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Imagine the freedom that comes from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

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If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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The entire world is in flames, the entire world is going up in smoke; the entire world is burning, the entire world is vibrating. But that which does not vibrate or burn, which is experienced by the noble ones, where death has no entry - in that my mind delights.
― Buddha

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My religion is to live and die without regret. ― Milarepa

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“The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.”
― Chogyam Trungpa

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So many words about it. The only language is you don't open your lips - Ikkyu

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All Buddhas and all ordinary beings are nothing but the one mind. – Huang Po

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Try to see why that is and you're there.

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Thought can never capture the movement of life, it is much too slow. ― U.G. Krishnamurti

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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. - Lao Tzu