Enlightenment Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

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

— Chogyam Trungpa

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

— Chogyam Trungpa

The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

— Chogyam Trungpa

It's possible to be completely enlightened... except with your family.

— Chogyam Trungpa

If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it.

— Chogyam Trungpa

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

Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.

— Chogyam Trungpa

“It could manifest and grow like seeds planted throughout your life, so that life itself becomes the guru. The idea is that…

— Chogyam Trungpa

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

— Chogyam Trungpa

Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that…

— Chogyam Trungpa

The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize…

— Chogyam Trungpa

“According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of…

— Chögyam Trungpa

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

— Chogyam Trungpa

“Dharma literally means 'truth' or 'norm.' It is a particular way of thinking, a way of viewing the world, which is not…

— Chögyam Trungpa