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Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar QUOTES

Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar QUOTES

1 " Resting in the natural state does not mean that you cannot think about things or work. The idea is to rest in the natural state and think at the same time. If you can do that, you can think things through and work but there are no painful or sharp feelings. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

2 " What is clinging to a self rooted in? Actually, it is not rooted in anything. If we see that, then naturally ego-clinging will not happen. The reason it has no root is that when we look for the object that we are clinging to as “me,” as a self, we cannot find it. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

3 " We experience many different joys and sorrows. When we do, we have a lot of thoughts. This produces a lot of afflictions, and many feelings arise. So we need to make sure that joy and sorrow do not harm us. If fact, we can even use them as a way to develop our experience, realization, and samadhi meditation. If we can take joy and sorrow as the path, this life will be peaceful and happy. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

4 " Whenever we study the Dharma or do any Dharma practice, the most important thing is to have a pure motivation. If we have a pure motivation, whatever we do with our body, speech, and mind will turn out well. But if our motivation is not pure, then even if what we do with our body, speech, and mind seems good from the outside, it will actually not turn out well in the end. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

5 " When anger arises in us, there is a danger that we will be mistaken in the moment. We might start to fight, or we might say something harsh or unpleasant that we will regret in the future. Thus it is important that we take control of our minds. If we reduce the intensity of the afflictions, it is extremely helpful, and in the future we will be able to think, “Things actually worked out back then. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

6 " Whether we are happy or unhappy, it is important that we contemplate the nature of our minds. If we can practice in this way, it will be like the saying on mind training: In happy times, it bows our neck; When bad times come, it is a friend. When things are good, meditating on the nature of the mind will prevent us from playing too many games. When times are bad, we won’t wallow in despair and depression. If we meditate on the nature of our mind, we will not have such a hard time and things will go well; this is extremely helpful. "

― Khenchen Thrangu , Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar