Birth and Death are All in Our Minds
Sogyal Rinpoche, a Buddhist leader and a teacher of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, once said that, “... birth and death are both in the mind, and nowhere else.” I love this quote and I love the idea that it presents. Everything in this life is impermanent – an illusion. Our minds have conjured up the reality that we experience. And to help us deal with this reality, we assign symbols to things to help us communicate with each other. But in reality, there is no distinction between each thing. Each... Sign in to see full entry.