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
inability enjoy suspects
There is something suspect about our inability to enjoy anything.
creative aspect difficult
Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point.
experience taste helpful
One has to taste an experience for oneself and find out if the thing is genuine or helpful. Then, before discarding something, one has to go further, so that one gets firsthand experience.
faith self differences
Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego's approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.
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.
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.
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.