The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIn 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.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
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Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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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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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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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
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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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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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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 could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool.
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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is.
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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
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That combination of love affair and loneliness is what enables the warrior to constantly reach out to help others. By renouncing his private world, the warrior discovers a greater universe and a fuller and fuller broken heart. This is not something to feel bad about; it is a cause for rejoicing.
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