"The context of the general teachings is one of talking to a sentient being who is experiencing uninterrupted bewilderment Â– one thought or emotion after another like the surface of the ocean in turmoil, without any recognition of mind essence. This confusion is continuous, without almost any break, life after life."

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Source : Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Binder Schmidt (1994). “As It Is”, p.82, Rangjung Yeshe Publications

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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“I'm not an escapist, but the value of language is that it can create places that did not exist before. And so language for me doesn't reflect the world, it extends the world, so that it becomes larger and more fantastic and less mired in this school shooting bullshit. It actually builds a future - that's how evolution occurs.”
“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
“Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.”
“Time wounds all heals.”
“Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.”
“Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.”

Source : "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.
“I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.”

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