--- title: "14 Mean Quotes By Chogyam Trungpa" description: "14 Mean quotes by Chogyam Trungpa. Plus more from Chogyam Trungpa and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apes_the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just_1110286.png" --- > [The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just-experiencing-the-ape-instinct/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apes_the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just_1110286.png) > [Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/elegance-means-appreciating-things-as-they-are-there-is-a-sense-of/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/chogyam-trungpa-1373_appreciate_elegance-means-appreciating-things-as-th_947889.png) > [Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/mindfulness-does-not-mean-pushing-oneself-toward-something-or-hanging/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/chogyam-trungpa-1373_allowing_mindfulness-does-not-mean-pushing-onesel_2161419.jpg) > [In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/in-tibetan-authentic-presence-is-wangthang-which-literally-means/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/chogyam-trungpa-1373_authenticity_in-tibetan-authentic-presence-is-wangtha_261194.png) > [As well as making friends with yourself, fundamentally one should be cynical and critical. This doesn't mean that you should punish yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/as-well-as-making-friends-with-yourself-fundamentally-one-should-be/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/chogyam-trungpa-1373_areas_as-well-as-making-friends-with-yourself_3121136.jpg) > [Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/right-mindfulness-does-not-simply-mean-being-aware-it-is-like/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/chogyam-trungpa-1373_art_right-mindfulness-does-not-simply-mean-b_2004321.png) > [We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/we-must-be-willing-to-be-completely-ordinary-people-which-means/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/chogyam-trungpa-1373_accepting_we-must-be-willing-to-be-completely-ordi_194238.jpg) > [By means of meditation, I feel that we have planted dynamite to transcend the world of confusion. So it would be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/by-means-of-meditation-i-feel-that-we-have-planted-dynamite-to/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/chogyam-trungpa-1373_be-good_by-means-of-meditation-i-feel-that-we-ha_2572007.jpg) > [The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice-is-to-step-out-of-the/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/chogyam-trungpa-1373_bureaucracy_the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice_3153048.png) > [There is no promise of love and light or visions of any kind - no angels, no devils. Nothing happens: it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/there-is-no-promise-of-love-and-light-or-visions-of-any-kind-no/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/chogyam-trungpa-1373_angel_there-is-no-promise-of-love-and-light-or_967311.jpg) > [...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/we-leave-our-homeland-our-property-and-our-friends-we-give-up-the/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/chogyam-trungpa-1373_aloneness_we-leave-our-homeland-our-property-and-o_873178.jpg) > [Very beautiful situations have developed using chaos as part of the enlightened approach. There is chaos of all kinds developing all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/very-beautiful-situations-have-developed-using-chaos-as-part-of-the-2/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/chogyam-trungpa-1373_able_very-beautiful-situations-have-developed_2557467.jpg) > [Nowness is the essence of meditation. Whatever one does, whatever one tries to practice, is trying to see what is here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/nowness-is-the-essence-of-meditation-whatever-one-does-whatever-one/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/chogyam-trungpa-1373_breathing_nowness-is-the-essence-of-meditation-wha_2248302.png) > [The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-experience-of-a-sad-and-tender-heart-is-what-gives-birth-to/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/chogyam-trungpa-1373_birth_the-experience-of-a-sad-and-tender-heart_657183.png) ## Other authors on Mean ## More by Chogyam Trungpa > [We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/we-have-a-fear-of-facing-ourselves-that-is-the-obstacle-experiencing/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/acknowledging-foolishness-is-a-very-powerful-and-important-experience/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/we-do-not-have-to-be-ashamed-of-what-we-are-as-sentient-beings-we/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/when-you-drop-your-unnecessary-things-you-finally-can-swoop-and-fly/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/anything-that-is-created-must-sooner-or-later-die-enlightenment-is/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [“There is a saying in the Tibetan scriptures: “Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/there-is-a-saying-in-the-tibetan-scriptures-knowledge-must-be-burned/) [Chögyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [“Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/warriorship-is-a-continual-journey-to-be-a-warrior-is-to-learn-to-be/) [Chögyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-courage-to-work-with-ourselves-comes-as-basic-trust-in-ourselves/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/enlightenment-is-like-witnessing-the-brilliant-sun-for-the-first-time/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [ If you look into the mirror, you see that \[every part of you\] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/if-you-look-into-the-mirror-you-see-that-every-part-of-you-belongs/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/this-whole-world-is-mind-s-world-the-product-of-the-mind/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/when-one-is-able-to-overcome-the-romantic-and-emotional-attitude-one/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/one-day-passes-and-another-day-comes-along-and-everything-happens-the/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/real-fearlessness-is-the-product-of-tenderness-it-comes-from-letting/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/we-can-deceive-ourselves-into-thinking-we-are-developing-spirituality/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mean/chogyam-trungpa/#itemlist", "name": "14 Mean Quotes By Chogyam Trungpa", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chogyam Trungpa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just-experiencing-the-ape-instinct/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apes_the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just_1110286.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apes_the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just_1110286.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apes_the-simplicity-of-meditation-means-just_1110286.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.” — Chogyam Trungpa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Elegance means appreciating things as they are. 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One must step out of spiritual materialism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chogyam Trungpa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice-is-to-step-out-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/chogyam-trungpa-1373_bureaucracy_the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice_3153048.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/chogyam-trungpa-1373_bureaucracy_the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice_3153048.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/chogyam-trungpa-1373_bureaucracy_the-main-point-of-any-spiritual-practice_3153048.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. 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