Patterns

Buddhism locates karma as patterns in conceptual mind rather than patterns locked into phenomenal reality. Karma is how we interpret reality rather than it being the mechanism of existence.

p116, Goodbye Forever Vol IV Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books Worldwide, 2026, ISBN 9781898185741

Magic

Magic isn't really of much interest from the point of view of Dzogchen...  Because everything is magic simply by being as it is...  If you’re open to seeing and hearing—and sensating through all the senses—everything is magic.

p63-64, Goodbye Forever Vol IV Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books Worldwide, 2026, ISBN 9781898185741

Courtesy

People should try to avoid making suggestions to each other in terms of health, or anything else for that matter.  We’re an old-fashioned English couple. We believe in courtesy – and it is discourteous to offer opinions when no one has solicited them.  

p269, Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions.  Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books Worldwide, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4 

It’s inexhaustible

So not to become jaded is simply to appreciate what is there. Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche said that when you appreciate what is there—you find that it’s inexhaustible. You cannot become jaded when you authentically enjoy anything.  

p326, Warp and Weft of Wonderment, Ngakma Mé-tsal, Aro Books Worldwide, 2024, ISBN 9781898185680