The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Then, we realize that the degraded cocoon we have been hiding in is revolting, and we want to turn up the lights… — 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… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
No one can stop or control your thought process or your thinking. You can think anything you want. But that doesn't seem… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We could say that compassion is the ultimate attitude of wealth: an anti-poverty attitude, a war on want. It contains all sorts… — 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. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Whether we eat, sleep, work, play, whatever we do life contains dissatisfaction, pain. If we enjoy pleasure, we are afraid to lose… — 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 of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We can't do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen proprerly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
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 an ornament.” So when you receive spiritual instruction from the hands of another, you do not take it uncritically, but you burn it, you hammer it, you beat it, until the bright, dignified color of gold… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share
“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 the wood, the frolicking deer, a bird flying proudly, or fish swimming. Life is not all that grim. In the morning you brush your teeth, you can see how shiny they are. Reality has its own… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
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 and… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
