The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones Quotes

“Expecting a lot from people, you do a lot of smiling; Needing many things for yourself, you have many needs to meet; Making plans to do first this, then that, your mind’s full of hopes and fears— From now on, come what may, don’t be like that.”
― Dilgo Khyentse, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action

“The literal meaning of guru yoga is ‘union with the teacher´s nature’. To blend your mind with the teacher’s mind is the most profound of all practices, and the shortest path of realization. It is the life force of the path and the one practice that includes all others. It was through relying on a spiritual teacher that all the bodhisattvas of the past generated the mind of enlightenment and reached perfection.”
― Dilgo Khyentse, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End

“Ah! Fount of compassion, my root teacher, Lord Chenrezi, You are my only protector! The six-syllable mantra, essence of your speech, is the sublime Dharma; From now on I have no hope but you!”
― Dilgo Khyentse, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action

“Tous les bruits de l'univers – le hurlement du vent, le ressac de la mer, le crépitement du feu, les cris des animaux, les chants et les paroles des hommes – sont les vibrations du mantra, le son du dharma spontanément manifesté.”
― Dilgo Khyentse, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End