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
truth power speak
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
honesty cutting simple
Facing yourself is a question of honesty rather than condemning yourself. Good or bad the idea is simply to face the facts. Just see the simple, straightforward truth about yourself without cutting yourself down.
people inspire health-professionals
The basic work of health professionals in general, and of psychotherapist s in particular, is to become full human beings and to inspire full human-beingness in other people who feel starved about their lives.
thinking people touching
Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
acceptance experiencing-everything practice
The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself.
bravery definitions being-afraid
Ultimately, the definition of bravery is not being afraid of yourself.
warrior way accepting
Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.
views people helping
The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
inspirational life happiness
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
freedom disappointment ego
Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.
silly mean angel
There is no promise of love and light or visions of any kind - no angels, no devils. Nothing happens: it is absolutely boring. Sometimes you feel silly. One often asks the question, "Who is kidding whom? Am I on to something or not?" You are not on to something. Traveling the path means you get off everything, there is no place to perch. Sit and feel your breath, be with it.
ego use spirituality
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
real thorough-knowledge shy
Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time.
confusion becoming awake
Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.