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“The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.” quote by Chogyam Trungpa — Download Open image

“The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.”

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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…

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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…

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Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.

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“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…

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“Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.”

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The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.

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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…

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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…

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This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.

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When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.

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All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.

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The Bible's emphasis is on the good treatment of animals, and not just the forbidding of cruel treatment.

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