"The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at..." - Sogyal Rinpoche

🧘 Mindfulness

“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present.”

Meditation is not about reaching special states but about being fully present in all states. Ordinariness is the practice.

“Whatever you do dont shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable.”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite.”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“The act of meditation is being spacious and allowing thoughts to dissolve on their own”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Whatever you do dont shut off your pain acknowledge your pain and remain vulnerable”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“In a world dedicated to distraction silence and stillness terrify us”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Whatever you do dont shut off your pain accept your pain and remain vulnerable”

— Sogyal Rinpoche