Natural Perfection Quotes

“Samsara merely a label, goal-oriented endeavor is undermined; and in the emptiness that cannot be improved or impaired, freedom is just another word, and there is no nirvana: striving in the ten techniques accomplishes nothing.”
― Longchen Rabjam, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen

“If secret rigpa, the actual buddha-dynamic, eludes us, to attain release by any purposeful action is no option.”
― Longchen Rabjam, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen

“Just as dream is a part of sleep, unreal gossamer in its arising, so all and everything is pure mind, never separated from it, and without substance or attribute.”
― Longchen Rabjam, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen

“In the tantric context where the aspirant strives for “enlightenment” through the ten techniques (and also in the psychological context where the patient strives for release in therapy and so on), when the absence inherent in the form of his striving becomes evident an ultimate revelation of the nature of mind can occur (see also cantos 11 and 30). But seeking and striving preclude accomplishment”
― Longchen Rabjam, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen