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Begin Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa
- Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we…
- My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask…
- The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are,…
- Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ;…
- If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt…
- You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that…
- When we clean up after ourselves, we have nothing to blame. When we begin to live our lives in that way, cleaning up after ourselves,…
- I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.' This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that…
- We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate…
- When you relate to thoughts obsessively, you are actually feeding them because thoughts need your attention to survive. Once you begin to pay attention to…
- As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
- If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations…
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