The point is not how long you meditate; the point is whether the practice actually brings you to a certain state of mindfulness and presence, where you are a little open and able to connect with your heart essence. And five minutes of wakeful sitting practice is of far greater value than twenty minutes of dozing!

Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!

More and more, I have come to realize how thoughts and concepts are all that block us from always being . . . in the absolute. . . . When the view is there, thoughts are seen for what they truly are: fleeting and transparent, and only relative. . . . You do not cling to thoughts and emotions or reject them, but welcome them all within the vast embrace of Rigpa.

The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.