Sogyal Rinpoche Quote

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so themind's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. The oceanhas waves, yet the ocean is not particularly disturbed by them.The waves are the very nature of the ocean. Waves will rise, butwhere do they go? Back into the ocean. And where do thewaves come from? The ocean. In the same manner, thoughtsand emotions are the radiance and expression of the very natureof the mind. They rise from the mind, but where do they dissolve?Back into the mind. Whatever arises, do not see it as aparticular problem. If you do not impulsively react, if you areonly patient, it will once again settle into its essential nature.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so themind's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. The oceanhas waves, yet the ocean is not particularly disturbed by them.The waves are the very nature of the ocean. Waves will rise, butwhere do they go? Back into the ocean. And where do thewaves come from? The ocean. In the same manner, thoughtsand emotions are the radiance and expression of the very natureof the mind. They rise from the mind, but where do they dissolve?Back into the mind. Whatever arises, do not see it as aparticular problem. If you do not impulsively react, if you areonly patient, it will once again settle into its essential nature.

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About Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: Bsod-rgyal; 1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 19th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Before his retirement, in the wake of abuse allegations in 2017, he had been teaching for 40 years in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.
Sogyal Rinpoche had been accused of sexual and physical assault and abuse, as well as misusing charitable funds, with allegations stretching back to the 1970s. In 2017, Rigpa announced these allegations would be investigated by an outside party and a report has now been published, upholding most of the allegations. Sogyal Rinpoche did not respond to the report but stated that "I am clear in my own mind that I have never, ever, acted towards anyone with a motive of selfish gain or harmful intent."