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.
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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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.
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We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available – not only to us, but to all human beings.
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Luxury is experiencing reality
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It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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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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There 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.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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Fundamentally, no one can help us. If we seek to relieve our loneliness, we will be distracted from the path. Instead, we must make a relationship with loneliness until it becomes aloneness.
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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Helping others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. This way of being doesn’t have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent.
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It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
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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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