Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThere is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear… This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity… that comes from being what we are, right now.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You’ll know.
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There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise – we are already wise.
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When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.
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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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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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Helping others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. This way of being doesn’t have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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Although the warrior’s life is dedicated to helping others, he realizes that he will never be able to completely share his experience with others…Yet he is more and more in love with the world.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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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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Life is a straight drink – straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.
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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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Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
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