6 Quotes & Sayings By Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Tsoknyi Rinpoche is the spiritual leader of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in 1959, Rinpoche is a monk of the Karmapa lineage who has received extensive Buddhist education over two decades. He was recognized as the reincarnation of the seventeenth Karmapa by His Holiness Trungpa Rinpoche, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice...
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Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down. Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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The point is to be free, not to be crazy. Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training. Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. Tsoknyi Rinpoche