black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

Chogyam Trungpa

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, ‘field of power’… The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Authentic Field Literally Mean Power Presence Tibetan
It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Completely Enlight Except Family Possible
The basic work of health professionals in general, and of psychotherapist s in particular, is to become full human beings and to inspire full human-beingness in other people who feel starved about their lives.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Basic Become Full General Health Human Being Inspire Practical Profession Psychotherapist World
We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Ashamed Background Sentient Wonderful
There is no need to struggle to be free; the absence of struggle is in itself freedom.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Absence Freedom Itself Need Struggle
You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there – fully, personally, genuinely.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Deserve Earth Realize Sitting
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

Almost Being First Fool Say Willing Wisdom
Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Creative Destructive Difficult Involve Must Something Well
If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Kindness More Work
Hold 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 TRUNGPA

Eastern Great Heart Hold Pain Power Sadness Samsara Sun Vision
To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Every Genuine Life Moment Want Warrior
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Enlightenment Own Trouble Want Westerner Witness
Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Artistic Clarity Fall Love See Vision
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no authentic Tantra without profound commitment, discipline, courage, and a sense of wild, foolhardy, fearless abandon.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Against Blood Fierce Happiness Hot Joyful Path Practice Smashes Spiritual Swift Tantra Thunderbolt Unreasonable
When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Being Compassion Creative Enough Talk Term Work
It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Different Try Use You

The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes