If phenomena are constricted through the limited perception of the ordinary senses, the passions arise and cause karma. When phenomena are recognized as the inconceivable affluence of wisdom senses, Buddhahood is attained. ~ Thinley Norbu

Ultimate truth is held to be awareness manifesting without elaboration, spontaneously accomplished as the essential cause. ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

May sights and sounds become the state of emptiness beyond focal point, And, out of this emptiness, perfect in a single moment of recollection, May the kāya of the deity, the primordially perfect great seal, Manifest completely, like a water bubble from water. ~ Mingyur Palgyi Drönma

Practise letting go of your attachments, opening to your connection with others and settling into the intrinsic spaciousness of your being. ~ James Low

Through immersion in a clarity that is not static, It dawns on us. It is a magnificent clear light. It is spontaneously realized from the primordial, And has no position ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

In the practice of the clear light of wisdom We totally cut through the permanence that we crave for. We cut through the brambles of our flickering ideas. ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

The undivided intellect is, in fact, our secret mind. It is not a subject. It is not a reality. It is not anything at all. It is clear light. It is beyond all our limited consciousnesses. ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

When the mind of a sentient being, which is by nature clear light, does not objectify any appearances or mindsets, but makes them manifest, this very act of revealing is the external radiance of wisdom. The nature of what makes things manifest is the inner glow of wisdom. ~ Dudjom Lingpa

Its essence is free from ordinary mind and is undeluded. Its nature undermines the source of thoughts. Its characteristics are unidentifiable. ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

Actually, since mind’s essence is pure, obscurations do not exist. But through our misinterpretation of all phenomena as real and tangible, they become temporary obscurations which trap us. ~ Thinley Norbu

When consciousness becomes fully enlightened and returns to its original state, consciousness doesn’t go into an eternal hibernation of ultimate peace. Consciousness continues as an amazing momentum of enlightened mind, which becomes a source of all goodness and benevolence. ~ Anam Thubten

Basic space and primordial wisdom are indissolubly integrated, clarity and emptiness beyond thought like a cloudless sky. It is this limitless condition that has to be concretely realized! ~ Trenpa Namkha

If all objects are understood to be projections of the mind, we can recognize that they are the display of the qualities of the mind, so that we are not fooled into thinking they are independent and external. ~ Thinley Norbu

Our choice is between democracy for everybody or for the few—between the spreading of social safeguards and economic opportunity to all the people—or the concentration of our abundant resources in the hands of selfishness and greed. —Henry Wallace, (1944)

Whatever arises or has arisen will change: Everyone must give up their body and pass away. The wise understand that all will be destroyed; abiding in the Dharma, they act with certainty of liberation. ~ Udanavarga

Tribes have now given place to nations; and this has happened because rulers found that it was possible, by means of suitable education and propaganda, to transfer the quasi-instinctive sentiment of tribalism from its natural object to a new, artificial object—the nation. ~ Aldous Huxley

In this way, the natural Great Perfection is present as the nature of mind that transcends ordinary mind, as the uncompounded clear light of wisdom that is awareness, such as that all noble qualities of the essential nature are spontaneously present. ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

This king among vehicles holds stainless space - the originally pure nature of mind whose nature is clear light, the naturally present changeless self-manifest wisdom that is naturally and spontaneously present in oneself - to be the original ground of the Great Perfection. ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

In the freely relaxed condition that is naturally clear, impossible to grasp, and unmodified, the energy display of undefiled wisdom beyond any attachment has the nature of the dharmakaya as inseparable clarity and emptiness, free from all and beyond the domain of the mind. ~ Trenpa Namkha

The All Good is not to be acquired or discarded. It is a space of undisturbed contemplation That is beyond our thoughts. It is the empowerment of perfection That is neither imparted nor received. It is the secret path that goes to the end Without any travelling. ~ The Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

Our view is beyond the planets. It is the space of our awareness. It is a mandala that has no border or center. It is the unceasing space of self-luminescent wisdom. ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

The sudden arising of the movement of thoughts like a flash is itself the dharmakaya. If there were no thoughts, the dharmakaya could not exist. Why is it so? Because if one knows the very essence of thought, the wisdom that is clear and beyond thoughts arises. ~ Trenpa Namkha

Clear in its natural condition without meditating, beyond the limitations of concepts, not definable as something existent, the primordially enlightened mind that is your instant presence, primordially empty & without thoughts, makes the stakes of the grasping of thoughts fall apart. Trenpa Namkha

The view that fixates on emptiness, instead of liberating, is a view that binds oneself. Such a view does not see the real meaning. If you remain without fixating on anything, that’s it! ~ Trenpa Namkha

The supposition that the universe pre-exists as a thing-in-itself, which ‘dividuals’ discover by sensorial experience, is the fundamental error which produces the conditioning termed bondage. ~ Wei Wu Wei

The ‘do-er’ suffers karma (the effect whose cause is volitional ‘action’) because he thinks that ‘he’ is the doer. When he understands that ‘he’ is not, that there is no doer, nor any deed done, but only a phenomenal doing, he is said to be free, ‘liberated’ from ‘his’ supposed bondage. Wei Wu Wei

When I move in a crowded market place, No matter what appears, I look at the nature of mind; When I stay all alone, I rest in naked empty pure presence. ~ Milarepa

Here and now everything lies within the scope of luminous mind: Perfect in its oneness, perfect in its all-inclusiveness, Everything perfect in its natural, uncontrived reality, As perfection, it is self-sprung awareness in the now. ~ Longchenpa

Fundamentally there is just open space, the basic ground of what we really are. Our most fundamental state of mind, before the creation of ego, is such that there is basic openness, basic freedom, a spacious quality; and we have now and have always had this openness. ~ Chogyam Trungpa

The origin of all things is the mind itself. Its self-originating contemplation is the space of the ocean. This is the core of the Victorious One’s inspiration. In this space of awareness that is equal to the sky Buddhas and sentient beings are not two things. ~ The Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

Clear light wisdom may be compared to a precious jewel which fulfills all our wishes. Its condition is comparable to a lotus that floats free from attachments. It is self-arisen, self-radiant, inherently perfect. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

The way things are is not an object of seeking and not an object of striving. The nature of our minds is a magnificent awareness rooted in equanimity. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010)

The true condition is completely uncontrived. It is a consciousness that has settled Into the equanimity of its own inner being. ~ The Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

The treasure of hidden wisdom is found by those who have no interest in worldly fame, are steady and persistent, unattached to their intellect, body or wealth. They go beyond contrived forms of spiritual practice and settle into the real depth of illumining awareness. ~ Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

The Dharma of clear light is effortless and beneficial works flow naturally with no need for seeking. Clear light wisdom does not take up a fixed point of view or a preference, and it does not seek or visualize in the continuum of no-thought. ~ The Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

Due to having created causes in the past, we have come to be born in this human dimension, sharing a particular kind of karma with other humans. This seemingly shared vision supports our belief that the delusion is real and so distracts us from enquiry. ~ James Low

The treasure of hidden wisdom is found by those who have no interest in worldly fame, are steady & persistent, unattached to their intellect, body or wealth. They go beyond contrived forms of spiritual practice + settle into the real depth of illumining awareness. ~ The Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

Realization of self-radiant awareness is spontaneously arising & is not an attainment which comes from seeking. This radiant awareness is self-originated, without fixity. It brings all good works to fruition without any need for practices based in dualistic ideas. ~ The Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

The true nature of this profound secret Is the origin of all things that is joined into one: The space of the ocean. Self-originating playfulness is inconceivable. It is the heart that brings everything together. ~ Tantra of Nine Jewel Spaces

The transmission of luminous wisdom does not come by cherishing an acquisitive intent. It is already primordially present as the non-duality of enlightened and samsaric beings. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

Although the uncontrived treasure of the heart Is primordially pristine, Not everyone finds it. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

Without object, and no subject to be seen, The three-fold world is fully realized as consciousness alone. Thus, the Bodhisattva dwells in wisdom, Realizing mere consciousness as suchness. ~ Chandrakirti

The reality of uncontrived wisdom will appear to us according to how we look at it. Whatever appearances arise in the mind are all self-liberating, leaving only the non-dual , blissful awareness. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

We do not grasp at the significance of awareness conceptually. We know it directly by entering into equanimity. We do not ponder our conceptual designations. We leave behind our notions about things. This is key to our whole approach. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

Ineffable awareness is the ultimate invisible phenomenon. It is beyond being graspable by thought or attainable by active practices. We cannot conceptualize or define that which is utterly simple. ~ The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva

Thus, awareness, the indivisibility of appearance and emptiness, epitome of the three kayas, is the primordial nature of reality. Precise recognition of awareness, ultimate reality as it is, is what is called the Great Perfection's view beyond the intellect. ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

The light whereby all appearances appear is not something to think about or debate. It is like the sky, like compassion, not to be grasped by our conceptual consciousness. ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces

The transmission of the unity of Buddhas and sentient beings Intends that the mind itself is the space of our awareness. The most secret of the secrets is the experience of awareness. It is beyond speech and transcends all explanations. ~ Tantra of Nine Spaces