Tao Te Ching
Dzogchen Pönlop
1965 CE –
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche རྫོགས་ཆེན་དཔོན་སློབ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། (1965 - )
One of the highest ranking Nyingma tülkus, Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditation master, Dzogchen Monastery abbot, Nalandabodhi president, and Nītārtha Institute founder; Ponlop Rinpoche was born at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim and grew up saturated in the ancient Tibetan Buddhist teachings and practices studying with the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and the yogi Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. This Eastern Wisdom began blending with the West when he became editor of a journal that explored Eastern and Western views on Buddhism, came to America in 1980 as Gyalwang Karmapa’s attendant, studied comparative religion at New York’s Columbia University, and began living and teaching in Seattle.
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Quotes by Dzogchen Pönlop (14 quotes)
“the bare nature of our mind, the naked state of our being, does not feel at all comfortable with these layers of conceptual, philosophical, and religious clothing that we are trying to put on.”
Chapters:
43. No Effort, No Trace
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“There is no wisdom higher than present mind itself”
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“Drama is illusion that acts like truth, and dharma is truth itself—the way things are, the basic state of reality that does not change from day to day according to fashion or our mood or agenda.”
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“When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.”
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“You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head.”
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“There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.”
Chapters:
11. Appreciating Emptiness
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“The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.”
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“Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life.”
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“It is not about how much you give, it is about how much you can let go with your mind.”
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“True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.”
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“We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda.”
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“Love is when you are thinking: ‘How can I make you happy?’ Attachment is when you are thinking: ‘Why aren’t you making me happy?’”
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“Exceptional as one of the first Tibetan lamas to become fully assimilated into Western culture, he made a powerful contribution to revealing the Tibetan approach to inner peace in the West.”
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