It's not the appearance that binds you, it's the attachment to the appearance that binds you. Tilopa More Quotes by Tilopa More Quotes From Tilopa Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. Tilopa spiritual letting-go trying Stop all physical activity and sit naturally at ease. Remain silent and let sound be like an echo. Do not think about anything look at experience beyond thought; open minded like space. Let go of control and stop and rest at ease in that state. Awareness without projection is the greatest meditation. Train and develop like this and you will come to the deepest awakening. Tilopa echoes letting-go thinking The appearances of the world are not the problem, Tilopa meditation suffering world Obsessive use of meditative disciplines or perennial study of scripture and philosophy will never bring forth this wonderful realization, this truth which is natural to awareness, because the mind that desperately desires to reach another realm or level of experience inadvertently ignores the basic light that constitutes all experience. Tilopa discipline light philosophy Realizing that nothing can last, that all is as dreamlike illusion. Tilopa illusion realizing lasts No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. Tilopa settling analysis reflection Don’t recall. Don’t imagine. Don’t think. Don’t examine. Don’t control. Rest. Tilopa recalls imagine thinking It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us. Tilopa clinging objects One torch can dissipate the accumulated darkness of a thousand aeons. Tilopa torches buddhist darkness Cut the mind at its root and rest in naked awareness Tilopa cutting roots mind
