Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPALuxury is experiencing reality
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up
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Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you are doing; you are not threatened by anything. You have room to dance in the space, and this makes it a creative situation. The space is open to you.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available – not only to us, but to all human beings.
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We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
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There is no need to struggle to be free; the absence of struggle is in itself freedom.
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Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there – fully, personally, genuinely.
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Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.
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The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.
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Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.
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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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