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Sogyal Rinpoche Quotes

3 sourced quotes from Sogyal Rinpoche across Tonglen.

“Death is not an end but a moment of arising into another bardo. The way we have lived is the way we will die. The way we die is the way the next state begins.”

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying · 1992 Tonglen

“When you are sad and depressed, when life seems to have lost its meaning, that is the moment when bodhicitta is most needed.”

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Tonglen

“Whenever we follow our wandering, scattered minds, we are creating the conditions for suffering. Whenever we are present, here, now — even for a moment — we are creating the conditions for liberation.”

Glimpse After Glimpse · 1995 Tonglen