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Accept where you are and Work from there

Trungpa Rinpoche In human life, if you feel that you have made a mistake, you don’t try to undo the past or the present, but you just accept where you are and work from there. Tremendous openness as to where … Continue reading

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Be grateful to this world and its neurosis

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Without this world we cannot attain enlightenment, there would be no journey. By rejecting the world we would be rejecting the ground and rejecting the path. All our past history and all our neurosis is related with … Continue reading

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It is much easier to appear holy than to be sane

Chögyam Trungpa The whole question boils down to whether we regard society as sacred. Society does contain profundity and sacredness. The sacredness of society is potent and powerful… We have to see not only the basic happenings (in our lives) … Continue reading

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There is magic in everything

  Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn’t have to be pretty, particulary; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some prinicple of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something … Continue reading

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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news

Trungpa Rinpoche The “Lion’s Roar” is the fearless proclamation that any state of mind, including the emotions, is a workable situation, a reminder in the practice of meditation. We realize that chaotic situations must not be rejected. Nor must we … Continue reading

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The awake state is ordinary

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche The awake state is the ordinary of the ordinary – an absolutely insignificant thing, completely insignificant. It’s nothing, actually. And if you see it that way, then with all the expectations it built up, ego is really … Continue reading

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