Namkhai Norbu Quotes

China, Religious Leader
December 8, 1938 – September, 27, 2018.

Namkhai Norbu was a Tibetan Dzogchen master. When he was two years old, Namkhai Norbu was recognized as the 'mindstream emanation', a tulku, of the great Dzogchen teacher Adzom

From all kinds of flowers, Seek teachings everywhere, Like a deer that finds A quiet place to graze, Seek Seclusion to digest All you have gathered. . .

Namkhai Norbu
- Flower
- Teaching
- Deer
Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts

Namkhai Norbu
- Real
- Suffering
- Roots

Realization is not knowledge about the universe, but the living experience of the nature of the universe. Until we have such living experience, we remain dependent on examples, and subject to their limits.

Namkhai Norbu
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving the body 'uncontrolled' is spoken of, what is meant is simply allowing the body to remain in an authentic, uncorrected condition, in which it is not necessary to modify or improve anything. This is because, since all our attempts at correcting the body come from the reasoning mind, they are all false and artificial.

Namkhai Norbu
- Mind
- Body
- Leaving
Leave alone whatever arise in the mind. Do not seek to change or alter anything. It is all perfect as it stands.

Namkhai Norbu
- Life
- Mind