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
Chogyam Trungpa quotes about
future animal trying
Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don't have to purely live in the present situation without a plan, but the future plans you make can only be based on the aspects of the future that manifest within the present situation.
memories fighting past
Habit is formed out of memory... We often shape our present situation according to those habitual memories. Instead of starting fresh, we go back to what we've done in the past... easier for us than fighting our way through foreign territory.
jumping long littles
As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into the middle of situations, then intelligence arises automatically.
spiritual strong warrior
The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
meditation process okay
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, almost of their own accord, very simply and directly. That is meditation.
action practicals
It's all Ati. Now, let's be practical.
space brave challenges
The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle
hopes-and-fears seasons
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
eggs swim golden
Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You'll know.
levels ordinary different
Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
buddhism
Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.
enlightenment want trouble
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
language individual should
Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.
begin beginnings birth climax courage cultivate cutting distant feels finally follows full hope ideas life messages natural nurture reached rhythms seems spring weave
There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.