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• The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's constant desire for a higher, more spiritual, more transcendental version of knowledge, religion, virtue, judgment, comfort, or whatever it is that the particular ego is seeking. One must step out of spiritual materialism.

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  Spiritual, Mean, Practice

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

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• Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.

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  Suits Of Armor, Skins, Naked

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery”, p.61, Shambhala Publications

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• The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

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  Views, People, Helping

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery”, p.93, Shambhala Publications

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• Becoming awarrior and facing yourself is a question of honesty rather than condemning yourself. By looking at yourself, you may find that you've been a bad boy or girl, and you may feel terrible about yourself. Your existence may feel wretched, completely pitch-black, like the black hole of Calcutta. Or you may see something good about yourself. The idea is simply to face the facts. Honesty plays a very important part. Just see the simple, straightforward truth about yourself.

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  Honesty, Cutting, Simple

  "Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery".

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• To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.

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  Life, Warrior, Mma

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• 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.

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  Silly, Mean, Angel

  Chogyam Trungpa (2002). “The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation”, p.69, Shambhala Publications

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• We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.

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  Buddhist, Attitude, Clouds

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• The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

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  Enlightenment, Want, Trouble

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• Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!

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  News, Chaos, Should

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.232, Shambhala Publications

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• Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.

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  Heart, Humans, Softness

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.36, Shambhala Publications

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• A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.

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  Confused, People, Appreciate

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.18, Shambhala Publications

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• Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.

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  Confidence, Shining, Firsts

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

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• It's possible to be completely enlightened... except with your family.

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  Enlightened, Our Family

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• You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline

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  Running, Warrior, Journey

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.

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  Freedom, Nice, Air

  Chogyam Trungpa (2013). “The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness (volume 3): The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three”, p.761, Shambhala Publications

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• Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You'll know.

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  Eggs, Swim, Golden

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• When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed... Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.

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  Love You, Making Love, Desire

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.80, Shambhala Publications

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• When you relate to thoughts obsessively, you are actually feeding them because thoughts need your attention to survive. Once you begin to pay attention to them and categorize them, then they become very powerful. You are feeding them energy because you are not seeing them as simple phenomena. If one tries to quiet them down, that is another way of feeding them.

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  Powerful, Simple, Trying

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.217, Shambhala Publications

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• Luxury is experiencing reality

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  Reality, Luxury

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• Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

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  Disappointment, Freedom, Ego

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• A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.

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  People, Appreciate, World

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• Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.

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  Teaching, Ego, Benefits

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn't be afraid of who you are. That's the first key idea. You shouldn't be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It's very important for you to realize that.

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  Keys, Ideas, Gentleman

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.373, Shambhala Publications

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• The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

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  Ego, Use, Spirituality

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.

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  Giving Up, Essence, Bravery

  Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.17, Shambhala Publications

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