' Three Primordial Wisdoms '...

"We are something like a crystal ball (behind the eyes). If there is a crystal ball, from the beginning it was pure and clear—that is the quality of a crystal ball."

"In the same way, we have our real quality in our three primordial wisdoms—Essence, Nature, and Energy. We are being in that knowledge. In this case, we are like a crystal ball that never changes its nature, quality, or essence.

There is nothing to change or develop. Yet it can integrate in any circumstance. You can put a crystal ball on a red table and the ball looks red; on a green base, it appears green; on a multicolored base, multicolored."

"The crystal ball itself never changes..


-Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche