Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Quotes

Those who seek happiness in pleasure, wealth, glory, power, and heroics are as naive as the child who tries to catch a rainbow and wear it as a coat. DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

Everything depends on your intention. All the time, therefore, check your attitude and motivation. As Patrul Rinpoche said, everyone wants happiness, but the true way to reach perfect happiness is to bring happiness to others.

A beautiful country is a dream-like an illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.

Trunga Rinpoche told this story about how he once was sitting in a garden with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of his most important teachers. They were just sitting enjoying their time together in the beautiful setting, hardly saying anything, simply happy to be there with each other. Then Khyentse Rinpoche pointed and said, "They call that a 'tree'," and both of them roared with laughter. For me this is a wonderful illustration of the freedom and enjoyment that await us when we stop being fooled by our labels.

The towns and countryside that the traveler sees through a train window do not slow down the train, nor does the train affect them. Neither disturbs the other. This is how you should see the thoughts that pass through your mind when you meditate. —DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

Dès l’instant de la naissance, la vie se précipite vers la mort en ignorant tout à fait quand la rencontre aura lieu.

Those who seek happiness in pleasure, wealth, glory, power, and heroics are as naive as the child who tries to catch a rain- bow and wear it as a coat. DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

Tsultrim Tso, who possessed all the characteristics of a dakini, like gentle behavior and immense compassion for others,

Thoughts that arise in the mind have no tangible existence or intrinsic solidity. There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave.

si nous ne parvenons pas à nous dégager des besoins les plus futiles, nous en voudrons toujours plus que nécessaire

La futilité des préoccupations mondaines leur apparaissait dans toute son évidence.

nous avons de quoi nous vêtir et nous loger, mais nous aimerions tellement avoir des vêtements plus remarquables,

nous avons de quoi nous vêtir et nous loger, mais nous aimerions tellement avoir des vêtements plus remarquables, une demeure plus vaste, plus confortable.

Nous devrions moins nous inquiéter de notre apparence physique et chercher davantage à ne pas gaspiller notre vie.