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Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point.

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Creative, Aspect, Difficult

Chogyam Trungpa (2011). “Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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That is the basic pattern of this kind of meditation, which is based on three fundamental factors: first, not centralizing inward; second, not having any longing to become higher; and third, becoming completely identified with here and now.

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Meditation, Three, Inward

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Our path is sometimes rough and sometimes smooth; nonetheless, life is a constant journey... whatever we do is regarded as our journey, our path. That path consists of opening oneself to the road, opening oneself to the steps we are about to take.

Chogyam Trungpa

Journey, Path, Steps

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Two: The Path Is the Goal; Training the Mind; Glimpses of Abhidharma; Glimpses of Shu nyata; Glimpses of Mahayana; Selected Writings”, p.454, Shambhala Publications

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Very beautiful situations have developed using chaos as part of the enlightened approach. There is chaos of all kinds developing all the time... If you are trying to stop those situations, you are looking for external means of liberating yourself, another answer. But if we are able to look into the basic situation, then chaos is the inspiration, confusion is the inspiration.

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Beautiful, Inspiration, Mean

Chogyam Trungpa (2008). “The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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Take a friendly attitude toward your thoughts.

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Attitude, Friendly

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In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface rather than hiding them at the bottom of our minds. It enables us to relate to our lives as something workable.

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Practice, Meditation, Mind

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Life is a straight drink - straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.

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Pain, Life Is, Drink

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Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.

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Mean, Dark, Appreciate

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Four: Journey without Goal; The Lion's Roar; The Dawn of Tantra; An Interview with Cho gyam Trungpa”, p.180, Shambhala Publications

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Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing.

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Disappointment, Reality, Expectations

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.24, Shambhala Publications

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If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.

Chogyam Trungpa

Mirrors, Perfect, Looks

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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.

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Real, Thorough Knowledge, Shy

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One: Born in Tibet; Meditation in Action; Mudra; Selected Writings”, p.309, Shambhala Publications

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Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.

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Buddhist, Enlightenment, Sooner Or Later

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.8, Shambhala Publications

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Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view.

Chogyam Trungpa

Views, Extending, Fearlessness

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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

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Space, Brave, Challenges

Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.175, Shambhala Publications

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It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.

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Shoes, Earth, Pairs

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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.

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Faith, Differences, Self

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The ideal of warriorship is that the warrior should be sad and tender, and because of that, the warrior can be very brave as well.

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Warrior, Brave, Should

Chogyam Trungpa (2009). “Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior”, p.37, Shambhala Publications

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Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ; that you can deal with whatever is available around you and not feel poverty stricken.

Chogyam Trungpa

Essence, Generosity, Joy

Chogyam Trungpa (2003). “Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness”, p.41, Shambhala Publications

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Nowness is the essence of meditation. Whatever one does, whatever one tries to practice, is trying to see what is here and now. One becomes aware of the present moment through such means as concentrating on the breathing. This is based on developing the knowledge of nowness, for each respiration is unique. It is an expression of now.

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Mean, Unique, Expression

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When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore, you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when you see fear, you smile.

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Looks, Steps, Realizing

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.227, Shambhala Publications

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We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.

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Responsibility, Rich Or Poor, Faces

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The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others. That is our true richness.

Chogyam Trungpa

Meaningful, World, Human Life

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.118, Shambhala Publications

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when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not on the way to somewhere. Or rather, one is on the way and one is also at the destination at the same time. That is really what meditation is for.

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Time, Rose, Meditation

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One: Born in Tibet; Meditation in Action; Mudra; Selected Writings”, p.338, Shambhala Publications

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The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of their ability to liberate one simply upon seeing their structure

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Impact, Dignity, Structure

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Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things

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Compassion, Light, Hesitation

Chogyam Trungpa (2017). “The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 10: Work, Sex, Money - Mindfulness in Action - Devotion and Crazy Wisdom - Selected Writings”, p.447, Shambhala Publications

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Born: February 28, 1939
Died: April 4, 1987
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