In the garden of gentle sanity, May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIn the garden of gentle sanity, May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAReal 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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIt’s no use trying to be different than you are.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAIt’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAEgo is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAEnlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPALuxury is experiencing reality
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAArtistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. Then magic can descend onto our existence.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPASanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWe are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPASpirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThere is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear… This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity… that comes from being what we are, right now.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAYou must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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