Chogyam Trungpa Quotes About Past

Quotes about: Past

• We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Past, Threatened

• The past situation has just occurred and the future situation has not yet manifested itself so there is a gap between the two. This is basically the bardo (life between life) experience. [This is the place where your life is reviewed - where you get another chance to let life teach you and end the cycle of pain. -EM]

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Karma, Pain, 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.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Memories, Fighting, Past

• Nowness or the magic of the present moment is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Past, Magic, Moments

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.77, Shambhala Publications

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