Rev. Danny Fisher

Today’s quote is from the His Eminence the Third Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche, guiding teacher of the Pundarika Foundation and author of the books Carefree Dignity and Fearless Simplicity. He is also the son of the late, great Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996), one of the most remarkable Kagyu/Nyingma masters of the last century, as well as the brother of renowned Buddhist masters Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and Mingyur Rinpoche. This is it:

Sometime go outside and sit,
In the evening at sunset,
When there’s a slight breeze that touches your body,
And makes the leaves and the trees move gently.
You’re not trying to do anything, really.
You’re simply allowing yourself to be,
Very open from deep within,
Without holding onto anything whatsoever.
Don’t bring something back from the past, from a memory.
Don’t plan that something should happen.
Don’t hold onto anything in the present.
Nothing you perceive needs to be nailed down.
Simply let experience take place, very freely,
So that your empty, open heart
Is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.