black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Chogyam Trungpa

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 TRUNGPA

Accept Cosmic Develop Life Like Love Must Order Situation Universal
Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Area Between Convention Extreme Impulse Inhibition Looseness Morality Sanity Somewhere
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Actual Behind City Cloud Say Sun View
We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Caught Discuss Jam Traffic
Life is a straight drink – straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Drink Life Is Pain
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Alone Experience Freedom Independence Journey Real Spiritual
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Hang Mindfulness Oneself Push Something Towards
There is no need to struggle to be free; the absence of struggle is in itself freedom.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Absence Freedom Itself Need Struggle
Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Artistic Clear Enough Fall Love Mind See Vision
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Alter Fear Hope Season
Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Awake Become Clear Confuisin Involve See
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Attitude Constant Encourage Genuine Need Part Potential Questioning Student
Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Afraid Being Bravery Definition Ultimate Yourself
Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Based Conquer Earth Ground Often People Problem Rather Solve Think Touch
Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Acquire Apply Attempt Benefit Constant Ego Own Spirituality Teaching
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Gently Power Speak Tell Truth Word

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes