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The truth of Dzogchen is the legacy of being human.
Keith Dowman • Spaciousness: The Radical Dzogchen of the Vajra-Heart: Longchenpa's Treasury of the Dharmadhatu
So the issue is keeping your ground, where you came from. You should not be ashamed of that.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
So right at the beginning, seekers should have in mind what they want out of a guru. If you have certain principles and you think that it’s inappropriate for a guru to live in luxury (and understandably so), you should pay attention to that. There is a reason Shakyamuni Buddha chose to communicate with the methods of walking barefoot with a begging
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He has renounced all selfish attachments And observes no rites and ceremonies. He has only minimum possessions, And lives his life for the welfare of all.
Eknath Easwaran • The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2)
Haribhadra
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
Your attitude towards things should not be contingent upon their quality. A person who is influenced by the quality of a thing, or who changes his speech or manner according to the appearance or position of the people he meets, is not a man working in the Way.
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi • How to Cook Your Life
the hard and stiff are followers of death the soft and weak are followers of life
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
In the Shambhala tradition, we use the terms heaven, earth, and human. We start with the ground, which is heaven.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
A clay buddha cannot pass through water. A golden buddha cannot pass through a furnace. A wooden buddha cannot pass through fire.