It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPADeveloping confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Things get very clear when you’re cornered.
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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
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You do not have to force yourself to do anything at all. There is a continual exchange, a continual dance. It is similar to the sun shining and plants growing. The sun has no desire to create the vegetation; plants simply react to sunlight and the situation develops naturally.
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Real 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.
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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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A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don’t appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.
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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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Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
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The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
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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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we must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.
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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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