The stronger our devotion, the greater the blessings. But to have no devotion is like hiding oneself in a house with all the doors and shutters closed. The sunlight will never get in.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book Zurchungpa's Testament
translated by Padmakara Translation Group
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Further quotes from the book Zurchungpa's Testament:
- First mature your own mind
- Nothing else than the projection of one’s own mind
- Recognizing awareness
- The even state of all-pervading peace
- Suitable vessels
- Two great sources of fear in samsara
- When true realization dawns in one’s mind
- Not outside yourself
- Perceiving everything in its natural purity
- Like two expressions on the same face
- Just leave it like it is
- Free from the extreme of existence and that of nonexistence
- All perceptions are similar to a dream
- Complete absence of doubt
- Examine your actions very closely
- Not fabricated, never stained
- Projections of the mind
- Spontaneous devotion to your teacher
- Superficial dharma practice
- Just as space