Sublime

we have tulkus and rinpoches who are enthroned, who claim to have a higher birth and to be manifestations of great masters.

when everything else is more or less in complete disarray, the buddha-nature is there, as openness, tenderness, and intelligence that transcends the ups and downs.

But the most direct experience of deity yoga is that of subjectless subjectivity, a purified subjectivity that ritually builds an alternative to the mind’s dualistic tendencies.

The Dalai Lama helped me as a manager, teaching me about the ethics of human relationships, in and out of business. And he took the weight of the world off my shoulders, because he said, “You don’t have to be a god. Just stop hurting people.”

There was a spontaneous simplicity and humility about him.