Longchenpa Quotes
Longchen Rabjam, known as Longchenpa, was a fourteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher and the most systematic exponent of the Dzogchen, or Great Perfection, teachings of the Nyingma school. His Seven Treasuries, including The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding and The Precious Treasury of the Dharmadhatu, set out the most thorough philosophical synthesis of Dzogchen, in which the natural state of awareness, primordially pure and spontaneously present, is recognized as the ground of all phenomena. The quotes below are attributed to Longchenpa, organized by topic.
Longchenpa on Freedom
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Attributed to Longchenpa:
“Liberation is not a future event; it is the unmasking of the present.”
Longchenpa on Mind
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Attributed to Longchenpa:
“The natural state of awareness is primordially pure and spontaneously present.”
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Attributed to Longchenpa:
“What you seek is what is already looking.”
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Attributed to Longchenpa:
“There is nothing to obtain, only what was never lost to recognize.”
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Attributed to Longchenpa:
“The mind is like the sky; thoughts are like passing clouds.”