Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPATo 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.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.
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You are feeding them energy because you are not seeing them as simple phenomena. If one tries to quiet them down, that is another way of feeding them.
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Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
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It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that’s not the point. It’s developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through.
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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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Things get very clear when you’re cornered.
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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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Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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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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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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