CTR Quote of the Week

The mahayanists view the teacher as a spiritual friend–kalyanamitra in Sanskrit–which literally means “spiritual friend” or “companion in the virtue.” Virtue, as it is used

Student: The bodhisattva has committed him or herself to save all sentient beings, yet the bodhisattva is themself a sentient being. How are they different?

Licking honey from a razor blade, Eyes of the learned gouged out by books, The beauty of maidens worn by display, The warrior dead from

What do we mean by songs and poetry? There are a lot of possibilities. We might say that poetry occurs when somebody has the mental

We sometimes blame our reluctance to open ourselves on lack of experience: “I’m not learned enough”; “I don’t have enough practice.” But in fact our

When we don’t want to hear or see the real truth, we close ourselves off and make ourselves numb to situations. We play at being

Good dharma is good unconscious gossip Good money flows through generosity Let us be truly non-conceptual and truly dharmic Let us have non-conceptual money-making and

Onto the disk of the autumn moon, clear and pure, you transplant a seed syllable. Cool blue rays of the seed syllable radiate immense, cooling

Be decisive, Know what is, See clearly– Those are the three kinds of confidence. From “The Sadhana of Mahamudra,” in The Sadhana of Mahamudra: Teachings on

Mind projects to various situations. Within the short period of a fraction of a second, we project out and we draw in—we sustain ourselves very

Because there is so much misery, chaos, and degradedness taking place in the world, a certain sadness begins to occur to you. That sadness could

Developing trust is a question of having a sense of humor and not taking things too seriously, including yourself. So trust develops from humbleness. You

  The one to whom peace and solitude Are known for ever, perfectly, You, Milarepa, Longchenpa, The Guru to whom all things are known, The

As a result of situations in life that have already occurred, we have ended up being what we are now. Our present state of mind,

My purpose in discussing karma is to present a way of using karma as a path, rather than regarding it as something that we should

Having made friends with yourself, you cannot just contain that friendship within you. You must have some outlet, which is your relationship with the world.

It takes tremendous effort to work one’s way through the difficulties of the path and actually get into the situations of life thoroughly and properly.

In the practice of meditation, we work with the resources that we already have. Our present situation, what we are, is our stepping stone. We

Whatever exists in us is a natural situation. It is another dimension of natural beauty. People sometimes go to great lengths to appreciate nature by

We are all faced with difficult and powerful karmic situations. Often, we have a psychological tendency to feel trapped by hang-ups from our past, which

Many times, people react against the idea of learning in the moment. They try to step out of this scientific or experience-based approach to mind.

The whole point of the spiritual path is to transcend ambition or struggle. So presenting meditation in terms of how good you could become at

Karma is like a game of chess. Wherever you are on the board at this moment is the result of your past actions. But whatever