Introduction to Tantra Quotes

“We may mistakenly conclude, for example, that the source of our dissatisfaction and frustration is a particular intellectual view or opinion that we hold and that all we have to do to correct the situation is adopt a higher, more respectable philosophical position. But such a superficial approach never strikes at the root of our difficulties.”
― Thubten Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire

“The only sensible approach is to train ourselves to observe our thoughts without following them. This deprives them of their compulsive energy and is therefore like removing the pot of boiling water from the fire. Eventually calmness and clarity will prevail.”
― Thubten Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire

“We should never think that our mind has somehow become irreversibly contaminated. This is impossible.”
― Thubten Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire

“As each thought disappears in this way, we should train ourselves to feel that this disappearance is even more real than the thought’s original concrete appearance.”
― Thubten Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire

“As we observe our thoughts carefully we will notice that they arise, abide, and disappear themselves. There is no need to expel thoughts from our mind forcefully; just as each thought arises from the clear nature of our mind, so too does it naturally dissolve back into this clear nature.”
― Thubten Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire