The complexities of life situations are really not as complicated as we tend to experience them. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you… — 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
Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don't have to purely live in the present situation… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In order to develop love - universal love, cosmic love, whatever you would like to call it one must accept the whole… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
meditation is a way of developing clarity, which allows us to see the precision of daily life situations as well as our… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being… — 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
Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The sun has a sense of all-pervasive brilliance, which does not discriminate in the slightest. It is the goodness that exists in… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing… — 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
Habit is formed out of memory... We often shape our present situation according to those habitual memories. Instead of starting fresh, we… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The past situation has just occurred and the future situation has not yet manifested itself so there is a gap between the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
You do not have to force yourself to do anything at all. There is a continual exchange, a continual dance. It is… — 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
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
![“If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked…” quote by Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/17c/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apologizing_if-you-look-into-the-mirror-you-see-that_86412.jpg)
