In the garden of gentle sanity, May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAAny perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn’t have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything.
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The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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You 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
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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn’t have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything.
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It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.
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Just 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.
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When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.
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The 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.
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Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
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