As It Is, Volume I Quotes

“All sentient beings are buddhas, but they are covered by temporary obscurations. When these are removed, they are truly buddhas enlightened.”
― Tulku Urgyen, As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective

“No matter what we do in this life, all the information we gather and all the knowledge we accumulate and all the effort we make to amass wealth through work and business—when the time comes for us to leave this life, all of it is futile and in vain. It will not help us in any way whatsoever. I can easily say this since I am not educated at all! So I can smile and act big about this. Don’t be angry, please.”
― Tulku Urgyen, As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective

“The three poisons are exactly what creates the three realms of samsara. Attachment creates the realms of desire. Aversion creates the realms of form. Indifference creates the realms of formlessness.”
― Tulku Urgyen, As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective

“The moment of recognizing mind essence is the instant that impure experience, the habit of fixating on all things as solid reality, disperses into basic space. What is left is pure experience, pure phenomena.”
― Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective