
Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness

If you have anxious feelings without an apparent cause, or if you feel uneasy and restless unless you are constantly engaging with other people in person or online, then you are experiencing primordial fear.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
A good heart originates from paying attention to and understanding other people’s situations in life.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
When your thoughts and emotions vanish, when you perceive the actual nature of your mind, then no one’s opinions, judgments, or views are involved. That direct perception is called realizing who you really are.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
the increasing demands made on the mind to be more and more preoccupied with external stimulations and the mental events to which they give rise, only further isolate us from the experience of Pristine Mind.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
We must act with determination,
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
To summarize, in the beginning we use a technique with an object, and then, after our mind is calmed and able to remain fixed on the object without distraction, we let go of the technique. Over time, as our mind becomes naturally calmer, we will need less mindfulness meditation before we switch to the unique features of Pristine Mind meditation.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
It is not as if we have to develop a characteristic we do not possess naturally. We all already have these tendencies to some degree; all we must do is enhance them.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
Most people think that samsara is reality and that’s all there is to life. With Pristine Mind meditation, you will learn that life offers much, much more than you ever imagined.
Orgyen Chowang • Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness
What you see in the world is a reflection of your mind. You can’t change yourself by changing the world. You need to change your mind; then the world reflects the change of your mind.