Rinpoche

Rinpoche
Recognized
Continuation
From past lives
Some importance
That happened
And still does
Here ‘nd now
Sweet title
And face
To behold
Good karma
Contained
Within
No word
But spirit
Blessings
Touch heart
Then, let go
Personality
Claims a god
To be adored
And giving
Of oneself
To everyone
Listening
May all
Be well
And happy

“Rinpoche déjà-vu chant” — for recognition and deliverance

A word of profound wisdom

Generally, to have faith in anything will bring benefits accordingly. The benefits obtained by the practitioner do not depend on the excellence or lack of it of the objects of faith, but only upon the individual’s mind and the quality of his faith. Thus it is very important to have what is known as the attitude which views all appearances as pure (dag.snang དག་སྣང་ in Tibetan).

— The Dzog-ch’en innermost essence preliminary practice, “Long-ch’en Nying-thig Ngön-dro”, by Jig-me Ling-pa, translated by Tulku Thondup, p. 48

A famous quote of the Buddha

As a star, a hallucination, the flame of a lamp,
An illusion, a dewdrop, a bubble of air,
A dream, a flash of lightning, a cloud,
Consider the world of phenomena.
This life is as fleeting as an autumn cloud.
Observing the birth and the death of beings
Is like watching the movements of a dance,
A life is similar to a flash of lightning in the sky,
It quivers by, and it rushes down,
Like a stream on a steep mountain.

— La méditation m’a sauvé, Phakyab Rinpoche and Sofia Stril-Rever, p. 18

अवलोकितेश्वर Avalokiteśhvara sand mandala