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Own Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa
- 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…
- The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
- Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ;…
- The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
- Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
- You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
- The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
- When we hide from the world in this way, we feel secure. We may think we have quieted our fear, but we are actually making…
- When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead,…
- In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the…
- You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you're doing is okay. Things are actually taking place,…
- We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our…
- We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.
- You don't know how to take off your suit of armor. You have no idea how to conduct yourself without the reference point of your…
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