Tilopa Quotes on Mind
Tilopa was an eleventh-century Bengali Buddhist tantric master, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Indian lineage of the Mahamudra teachings that, through his pupil Naropa and Naropa's pupil Marpa, became the philosophical and meditative core of the Tibetan Kagyu school. This page collects quotes attributed to Tilopa on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Tilopa:
“Do not recall, do not imagine, do not think, do not examine, do not control; rest.”
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Attributed to Tilopa:
“The mind in its natural state needs no improvement; recognize it, and the path is complete.”
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Attributed to Tilopa:
“What the rational mind cannot grasp, the realized mind has never lost.”
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Attributed to Tilopa:
“Awareness without an object is the secret of the great seal.”
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“No thought, no reflection, no analysis, No cultivation, no intention; Let it settle itself.”
Six Precepts" of Tilopa, quoted in Powell Zen and Reality (1975), p. 72 -
“Without mind, without meditation, without analysis, without practice, without the will, let it all be so.”
Six Precepts of Tilopa, quoted in A.S. Kline's Like Water or Clouds - The T’ang Dynasty and the Tao (1947)