The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAMindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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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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Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You’ll know.
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Gentle day’s flower – The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.
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If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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It’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed… Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.
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It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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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.
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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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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
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We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.
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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
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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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