"The problem is that ego can convert anything……" — Chogyam Trungpa

"The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality."

— Chogyam Trungpa

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168 Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa

Chogyam Trungpa has 168 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words,…
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful,…
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we…
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise,…
In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about…
Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are…
To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind;…
The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world,…
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful…
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice…
For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we…

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If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female… — Margaret Atwood
Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source… — Scott Adams
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. — Henry Ward Beecher
I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could… — Lord Byron
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. — Thomas Carlyle
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. — Thomas Aquinas
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for… — C.S. Lewis
I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and… — C.S. Lewis
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages.… — Barney Frank
I imagined a psychic pain growing inside him (myself) that demanded some physical outlet. Suicide must have been his attempt… — Phillip Lopate
we must go on fighting for basic education for all, but also emphasize the importance of the content of education.… — Amartya Sen
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a… — Therese of Lisieux

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