From The Magic and Mystery in Tibet:
... solitude and utter loneliness are far from being devoid of charm.
The trilogy, EXAMINATION, MEDITATION, UNDERSTANDING, takes a peculiar importance among the followers of [the Buddha's] "short path" and the intellectual activity of the disciple is exclusively toward results.
A declaration continually repeated by the Tibetan mystics:... it is necessary for you to realize that Gods, demons, the whole universe, are but a mirage which exists in the mind, "springs from it, and sinks into it."
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