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Dalai Lama says, “Anger may seem to be a source of energy, but it’s blind. It causes us to lose our restraint. It may stir courage, but again it’s blind courage.”
Bob Gower • Radical Alignment: How to Have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life
It is risky to make too hasty a commitment to a lama.
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
wider, more generous, more enlightened perspective arises.
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
those texts also say that if you encounter someone during degenerated times who has even just one or two of these qualities, especially respect for the law of karma and trust in the triple gems, you should venerate that person as the Buddha.
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
The Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
The Buddha said that whenever any one of us feels devotion, he will be right there with us.
Jamyang Khyentse • Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices
The last set of teachings in this chapter concern bodhichitta, the awakened heart or mind
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
It’s not as if all those institutionalized gurus are bad; many of them are really extraordinary.
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
we are also asking those who embody all the great qualities of the buddhas, bodhisattvas and the teachings,