Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. 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.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.
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We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
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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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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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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
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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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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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Things get very clear when you’re cornered.
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The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. 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.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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