Happiness is not accidental

"Everything either occurs or does not. That would appear to be a fact of nature. Happiness, however, is not accidental."

p239, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, 978-0-9653948-5-7

Change

"Not wanting to change is the only thing that prevents change."

p236, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, 978-0-9653948-5-7

Laughter is a gift

"Laughter is a gift-and causing laughter is an act of kindness. Laughter requires space-space to see the ridiculous in our situations as beginninglessly non-dual beings who create the illusion of duality."

p47, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, 978-0-9653948-5-7

Brilliant pattern of energies

"Our being is a brilliant pattern of energies, a spectrum of possibilities. At every moment we have the capacity to experience the open dimension of what we are."

p3, Spectrum of Ecstasy, Ngakpa Chögyam with Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 1997, 0-9653948-0-8