“There is a famous saying: "If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear".”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

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Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition 1947–2019

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