It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAYou are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there – fully, personally, genuinely.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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Life is a straight drink – straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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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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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
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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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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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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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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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I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. That’s the first key idea. You shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It’s very important for you to realize that.
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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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Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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