Chogyam Trungpa Quotes - Page 3

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• Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.

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  Ordinary, Different, Levels

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• For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.

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  Letting Go, Warrior, Challenges

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.77, Shambhala Publications

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• We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.

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  Pride, Intelligent, Peaceful

  Chogyam Trungpa (2005). “The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology”, p.85, Shambhala Publications

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• Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.

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  Falling In Love, Mind, Vision

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• Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.

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  Buddhist, Real, Compassion

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• The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

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  Enlightenment, Want, Trouble

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• Things get very clear when you're cornered.

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  Life, Clear, Cornered

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Four: Journey without Goal; The Lion's Roar; The Dawn of Tantra; An Interview with Cho gyam Trungpa”, p.423, Shambhala Publications

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• In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is.

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  Simple, Practice, Personality

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.217, Shambhala Publications

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• Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.

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  Buddhism

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• A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.

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  Confused, People, Appreciate

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.18, Shambhala Publications

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• Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!

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  News, Chaos, Should

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.232, Shambhala Publications

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• Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.

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  Delay, Path, Should

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Two: The Path Is the Goal; Training the Mind; Glimpses of Abhidharma; Glimpses of Shu nyata; Glimpses of Mahayana; Selected Writings”, p.179, Shambhala Publications

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• In order to develop love - universal love, cosmic love, whatever you would like to call it one must accept the whole situation of life as it is, both the light and the dark, the good and the bad. One must open oneself to life, communicate with it.

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  Life, Dark, Light

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”, p.118, Shambhala Publications

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• You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.

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  Responsibility, Accepting, Improving

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• Luxury is experiencing reality

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  Reality, Luxury

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• Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.

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  Teaching, Ego, Benefits

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed... Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.

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  Love You, Making Love, Desire

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.80, Shambhala Publications

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• Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.

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  World, Opening, Oneself

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.123, Shambhala Publications

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• If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.

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  Heart, Eye, Mind

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.107, Shambhala Publications

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• You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline

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  Running, Warrior, Journey

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.

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  Confidence, Shining, Firsts

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

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• The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. Then magic can descend onto our existence.

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  Discovery, Bravery, Arrogance

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.107, Shambhala Publications

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• Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

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  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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• In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.

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  Letting Go, Mean, Power

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• Look. This is your world! You can't not look. There is no other world. This is your world; it is your feast. You inherited this; you inherited these eyeballs; you inherited this world of color. Look at the greatness of the whole thing. Look! Don't hesitate - look! Open your eyes. Don't blink, and look, look - look further.

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  Eye, Greatness, Color

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.39, Shambhala Publications

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