Chogyam Trungpa
Chogyam Trungpa
Chögyam Trungpawas a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, the eleventh Trungpa tülku, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision...
NationalityTibetan
ProfessionPhilosopher
change home dark
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, we wrap ourselves in our own dark environment, where our only companion is the smell of our own sweat. In the cocoon, there is no dance, no walking or breathing. It is comfortable and sleepy, an intense and very familiar home.
enlightenment want trouble
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
falling-in-love mind vision
Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
independent helping addicted-to-you
The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.
inability enjoy suspects
There is something suspect about our inability to enjoy anything.
hopes-and-fears seasons
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
spiritual thinking technique
We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.
artist world power-to-change
The artist has tremendous power to change the world.
spiritual strong warrior
The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
buddhism
Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.
kindness trying ifs
If kindness doesn't work, try more kindness.
neurosis sanity permanent
Sanity is permanent, neurosis is temporary.
eye focus grace
One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at us, and the sharp experience of our life, that we can't even focus our eyes.
journey practice profound
If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary.