If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind… — 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
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you'll have no problem. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by car or airplane, we are hardly… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Very beautiful situations have developed using chaos as part of the enlightened approach. There is chaos of all kinds developing all the… — 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
If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
One has to taste an experience for oneself and find out if the thing is genuine or helpful. Then, before discarding something,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
