Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAToo often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWe are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAHold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIn 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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAEgo is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAArtistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAJust 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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWhatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAGood and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAwe 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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWe are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWe need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were required to drop their questions, that would create armies of zombies- rows of jellyfish…The questioning mind is absolutely necessary.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAHope and fear cannot alter the seasons
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAAnything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAYou 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
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA