Mind Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

11 Mind quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

Chogyam Trungpa’s teachings on the mind are distilled into eleven bite‑size reflections. This collection offers a taste of his Zen‑like approach for anyone curious about his voice.

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This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.

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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.

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Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic…

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The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all…

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If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is…

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In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden…

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We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were…

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In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the…

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While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general…

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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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