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Friday, 17 February 2023

Interdependence and independence are nondual. - Tracts of the Sun

Interdependence and independence are nondual. Independence is emptiness and interdependence is form.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
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Thursday, 16 February 2023

Authentic individuality and nondual realisation are inseparable - Tracts of the Sun

“Authentic individuality and nondual realisation are inseparable – otherwise Buddhas would be identical and indistinguishable.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Humility and hauteur are both affectations – and best forsaken. - Tracts of the Sun

“One doesn’t have to be humile to be unpretentious. Humility and hauteur are both affectations – and best forsaken. It is simpler to describe what one can do and what one cannot do – but only when asked.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Falling in love—if it is authentic love—betokens the eventual death of the ‘me project’. - Tracts of the Sun

“Falling in love—if it is authentic love—betokens the eventual death of the ‘me project’.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Monday, 13 February 2023

The nondual stage is thespianism sans: rehearsal; sans script; sans narrative; sans intermission; sans remission; sans intimation of a final scene – and sans the requirement of playing a part. - Tracts of the Sun

“The nondual stage is thespianism sans: rehearsal; sans script; sans narrative; sans intermission; sans remission; sans intimation of a final scene – and sans the requirement of playing a part.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Sunday, 12 February 2023

Thought can no more examine thought than a knife can cut itself. - Tracts of the Sun

Thought can no more examine thought than a knife can cut itself.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Saturday, 11 February 2023

Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche wanted me to be natural – less shy and timid with him. The first time he found that I had some pride about being honourable, he was immensely happy. - Tracts of the Sun

“Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche wanted me to be natural – less shy and timid with him. The first time he found that I had some pride about being honourable, he was immensely happy.

It happened when he challenged me with respect to giving my word. That was the only subject on which I would stand my ground and say “When I give my word, I keep to my word – and nothing stops me other than death or serious illness.

 Künzang Dorje Rinpoche had never seen me that serious before – and he was pleased by it. I think that was when our relationship began. It was my expression of honour, in giving my word.”


― Ngak'chang Rinpoche


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Friday, 10 February 2023

A Lama is someone who has a Lama, belongs to a lineage – and is known by other Lamas. - Tracts of the Sun

“A Lama is someone who has a Lama, belongs to a lineage – and is known by other Lamas. There may be exceptions to this rule – but we have no idea what they might be.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide



Thursday, 9 February 2023

Vajrayana requires that we prioritise promise over process. - Tracts of the Sun

“Vajrayana requires that we prioritise promise over process. To make promises malleable according to process is no way to be a mensch – and one needs to be a mensch to practice Vajrayana.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen


Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books worldwide, 2022
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide
eBook:
ISBN 978-1-898185-32-1 Available from Lulu Publications and other shops worldwide