Nature Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

11 Nature quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

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Chogyam Trungpa’s teachings often draw on the natural world as a teacher. In these eleven brief statements, you’ll find his characteristic blend of humor and insight, offering a succinct yet potent reminder of nature’s role in awakening.

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It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.

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The charnel ground is that great graveyard in which the complexities of samsara and nirvana lie buried.

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You can't feel the earth if you can't feel the space.

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Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

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You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there…

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When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto…

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In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which…

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Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all…

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“When human beings lose their connection to nature, to heaven and earth, then they do not know how to nurture their environment…

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When human beings lose their connection to nature, to heaven and earth, then they do not know how to nurture their environmect…

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“There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are…

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