In 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 TRUNGPAWe 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.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
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We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.
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We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
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Life is a straight drink – straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.
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I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.’ This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that being alone is a very beautiful thing. Nobody is obstructing our vision. We have complete panoramic vision.
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Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.
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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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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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We 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.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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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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