Meditation practice is regarded as a good and in fact excellent way to overcome warfare in the world; our own warfare as… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you're doing is okay. Things are… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“Many people try to find a spiritual path where they do not have to face themselves but where they can still liberate… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Nowness is the essence of meditation. Whatever one does, whatever one tries to practice, is trying to see what is here and… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation should not be regarded as a learning process. It should be regarded as an experiencing process. You should not try to… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“In meditation practice, we neither hold the mind very tightly nor let it go completely. If we try to control the mind,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
By means of meditation, I feel that we have planted dynamite to transcend the world of confusion. So it would be good… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
That is the basic pattern of this kind of meditation, which is based on three fundamental factors: first, not centralizing inward; second,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
meditation is a way of developing clarity, which allows us to see the precision of daily life situations as well as our… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
“There is a saying in the Tibetan scriptures: “Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear it as… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share
“Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.” — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
