COMPASSION

Usually, our concept

of compassion or love refers

to the feeling of closeness

we have with our friends and

loved ones.  Sometimes

compassion also carries a

sense of pity.  This is wrong

any love or compassion which

entails looking down on the other

is not genuine compassion.

To be genuine, compassion must

be based on respect for the other,

and on the realization that others

have the right to be happy and

overcome suffering, just

as much as you.  On this basis,

since you can see that others are

suffering, you develop a genuine

sense of concern for them.

H.H. The XIVth Dalai Lama

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THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

We have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;

more medicines, but less healthiness;

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back

but have trouble crossing the street to meet

the new neighbour.

We build more computers to hold more

information to produce more copies than ever

but have less communication;

We have become long on quality,

but short on quantity.

These are times of fast foods

but slow digestion;

Tall man but short character;

Steep profits but shallow relationships.

It’s a time when there is much in the window,

but nothing in the room.”

H.H. The XIVth Dalai Lama

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The true meaning of life

“We are visitors on this planet.

We are here for ninety

or one hundred years

at the very most.

During that period,

we must try to do something

good, something useful,

with our lives.

If you contribute to other

people’s happiness, you will

find the true goal,

the true meaning of life.”

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NEVER GIVE UP

no matter what is going on

Never give up

Develop the heart

Too much energy in your country

is spent developing the mind

instead of the heart

Develop the heart

Be compassionate

Work for peace

in your heart and in the world

Work for peace

and I say again

Never give up

No matter what is happening

No matter what is going on around you

Never give up

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This book gives detailed instruction for dream yoga, including foundational practices done during the day. In the Tibetan tradition, the ability to dream lucidly is not an end in itself, rather it provides an additional context in which one can engage in advanced and effective practices to achieve liberation.

Dream yoga is followed by sleep yoga, also known as the yoga of clear light. It is a more advanced practice, similar to the most secret Tibetan practices. The goal is to remain awake during deep sleep when the gross conceptual mind and the operation of the senses cease. Most Westerners do not even consider this depth of awareness a possibility, yet it is well known in Tibetan Buddhist and Bon spiritual traditions.

The result of these practices is greater happiness and freedom in both our waking and dreaming states. The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep imparts powerful methods for progressing along the path to liberation.

“A detailed guide to using our night-lives for awakening: thought-provoking, inspiring, and lucid.”—Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., author of Lucid Dreaming

“This explication of the dream and sleep practices becomes a window on the entire teachings of Tibetan Tantra and Dzogchen. I enjoyed this book immensely…powerfully and beautifully presented.”—Martin Lowenthal, co-author of Opening the Heart of Compassion

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a lama in the Bon tradition of Tibet, presently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the founder and director of Ligmincha Institute, an organization dedicated to the study and practice of the teachings of the Bon tradition. He was born in Amritsar, India, after his parents fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and received training from both Buddhist and Bon teachers, attaining the degree of Geshe, the highest academic degree of traditional Tibetan culture. He has been in the United States since 1991 and has taught widely in Europe and America.