It's Up to You Quotes

“Self-reflection is a practice, a path, and an attitude. It is the spirit of taking an interest in that which we usually try to push away.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“It takes courage to accept life fully, to say yes to our life, yes to our karma, yes to our mind, emotions and whatever else unfolds. This is the beginning of courage. Courage is the fundamental openness to face even the hardest truths. It makes room for all the pain, joy, irony, and mystery that life provides.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“Only you can find the good things at your worst moments.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“Another essential testament to the authenticity of Rinpoche’s teachings is his unflinching devotion to his teachers and the strong emphasis he puts on nurturing bodhichitta, the vital altruistic attitude that leads one to realize, as the masters of the past stated, that “anything that is not meant to benefit others is simply not worth undertaking.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“the strength to harvest peace through looking directly at the mind.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“When we can’t find a self within or outside of these parts, we may then conclude that the self is that which is aware of all of these things—the knower or mind. But when we look for the mind, we can’t find any shape, or color, or form. This mind that we identify as the self, which we could call ego-mind, controls everything we do. Yet it can’t actually be found—which is somewhat spooky, as if a ghost were managing our home. The house seems to be empty, but all the housework has been done. The bed has been made, our shoes have been polished, the tea has been poured, and the breakfast has been cooked.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“In his teachings, Kongtrül Rinpoche demonstrates with uncompromising clarity how the identification with a solid self and the resulting feeling of self-importance offer an open target for the painful arrows of anger, obsession, pride, and jealousy.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path