Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIt’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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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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It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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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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Gentle day’s flower – The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.
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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 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.
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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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we must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.
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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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To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.
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There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
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A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don’t appreciate themselves.
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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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