Ego Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

12 Ego quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

Chogyam Trungpa’s terse teachings bring Tibetan insight to the everyday ego, and in a dozen sharp statements you’ll sense his direct, sometimes paradoxical style. It’s a concise entry point for readers new to his approach.

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The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

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What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego's strategy.

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The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.

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Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.

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The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's…

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Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The…

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As well as making friends with yourself, fundamentally one should be cynical and critical. This doesn't mean that you should punish yourself,…

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Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks…

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...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness…

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In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would…

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The idea of buddha mind is not purely a concept or a theoretical, metaphysical idea. It is something extremely real that we…

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