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But it turns out that for a while now, Shambhala Publications has been providing "Ocean of Dharma" content as a blog, including an RSS feed. Who knew!?
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: Harmony Brings Fearlessness
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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
October 20, 2009
HARMONY BRINGS FEARLESSNESS
The basis of neurosis, or even physical discomfort and pain, is mind and body not joining together. Sometimes the mind is miles away and the body is there. Or the body is miles away and the mind is there. The main point of meditation practice is learning to be a proper human being, which is known as being a warrior. When mind and body are joined together in your practice, then you are joining heaven and earth, and you can be a genuine warrior. This quality of harmony will bring fearlessness.
From "Joining Heaven and Earth," page 76, in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, now available from Shambhala Publications.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: Joining Body and Mind
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
October 16, 2009
JOINING BODY AND MIND
When mind and body are joined together properly, there is a sense of joining heaven and earth. This comes from the sitting practice of meditation, to begin with. We have to sit and slow down. The disicipline of meditation is both training the mind and training the body. In the discipline of meditation, we have both a constant posture of uprightness, which is the quality of body, and a means of relating with the greater depth of space, or experiencing great openness, which is working with your mind....When mind and body are synchronized in your life and practice, there is very little chance for neurosis of any kind to arise.
From "Joining Heaven and Earth," pages 75 to 76, in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, now available from Shambhala Publications.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: The Seed of Confidence
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
October 13, 2009
THE SEED OF CONFIDENCE
When we have a feeling that life is worhwhile and we are worthwhile, from that, a sense of softness or gentleness begins to develop. It is like watering the seeds in a garden. In this case, the gentleness that develops is like the moisture that helps a seed to grow so that the greenery will unfold and flowers will blossom. Then, beyond that, you develop confidence. The ordinary sense of confidence is confidence in something, which is conditional or qualified. But in this case, gentleness and softness give rise to an unconditional feeling that is awake, brilliant, and warm. When we have both moisture and warmth, we know that the plant will definitely grow. That confidence is the seed that we should share with the rest of the world.
From "Unconditional Confidence," page 94 in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, now available from Shambhala Publications.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
[OceanofDharma] fw: Ocean of Dharma: Recognizing Goodness in Ourselves
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
October 9, 2009
RECOGNIZING GOODNESS IN OURSELVES
Our opinions and attitudes about ourselves are very important. We cannot ignore the slightest tendency to feel wretched, inadequate, or fundamentally distrustful of ourselves. Those feelings always show through. This doesn't mean that you are not allowed to think anything bad about yourself. However, there is another side to you that is an expression of goodness. That has to be recognized as well. Otherwise, without that nature of goodness, the human race wouldn't be here at all. We would have destroyed ourselves a long time ago.
From SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, now available from Shambhala Publications.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
[OceanofDharma] fw: Ocean of Dharma: Become the Breathing
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
October 4, 2009
BECOME THE BREATHING
The attitude toward the breath in meditation is to become the breathing. Try to identify completely rather than watching your breath or just observing the process of breathing. You are the breath; the breath is you. Breath is coming out of your nostrils, going out and dissolving into the atmosphere, into the space. You put a certain energy and effort toward your awareness of that. Then, as for in-breathing, should you try to deliberately draw things in? That's not recommended here. Just boycott your breath; boycott your concentration on the breath. As your breath goes out, let it dissolve. Just abandon it, boycott it.
From SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"The teachings presented in this book are transformational -- and especially relevant today, when so many of us are facing uncertainty and anxiety. Chogyam Trungpa shows us how to uncover our innate strength, confidence, and joy under any circumstances. I strongly recommend this book to all those seeking awakening and freedom." --Pema Chodron
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: Cultivating Mindfulness
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 29, 2009
CULTIVATING MINDFULNESS
Cultivating mindfulness is the attitude that allows us to see ourselves and our world quite accurately and precisely. When we talk about attitude in this context, we are talking about developing the awareness of mind, which is precisely what mindfulness is. Awareness of mind means that you are fundamentally aware and that your mind is aware of yourself. In other words, you're aware that you're aware. You are not a machine; you are an individual person relating with what's happening around you. Mindfulness is developing this sense of being.
From "Meditation: Touch and Go," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY. Coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"Chogyam Trungpa's vision of fearlessness as honesty, joyfulness, sadness, and openness is inspiring and particularly relevant to our historical moment."-- Norman Fischer
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: Open Your Parachute
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 26, 2009
OPEN YOUR PARACHUTE
The only way to relax with yourself is to open your heart. Then you have a chance to see who you are. This experience is like opening a parachute. When you jump out of an airplane and open the chute, you are there in the sky by yourself. Sometimes it is very frightening, but on the other hand, when you take this step, the whole situation, the whole journey, makes sense. You have to actually do it, and then you will understand.
From "Facing Yourself," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"The teachings presented in this book are transformational -- and especially relevant today, when so many of us are facing uncertainty and anxiety. Chogyam Trungpa shows us how to uncover our innate strength, confidence, and joy under any circumstances. I strongly recommend this book to all those seeking awakening and freedom." --Pema Chodron
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Ocean of Dharma: Thoughts Are Not VIPs
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 23, 2009
THOUGHTS ARE NOT VIPS
Usually, if you have mental chatter, you call it your thoughts. But if you have deeply involved emotional chatter, you give it special prestige. You think those thoughts deserve the special privilege of being called emotion. Somehow, in the realm of actual mind, things don't work that way. Whatever arises is just thinking: thinking you're horny, thinking you're angry. As far as meditation practice is concerned, your thoughts are no longer regarded as VIPs, while you meditate. You think, you sit; you think, you sit; you think, you sit. You have thoughts, you have thoughts about thoughts. Let it happen that way. Call them thoughts.
From "Meditation: Touch and Go," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY. Coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"Chogyam Trungpa's vision of fearlessness as honesty, joyfulness, sadness, and openness is inspiring and particularly relevant to our historical moment."-- Norman Fischer
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September 23, 2009
THOUGHTS ARE NOT VIPS
Usually, if you have mental chatter, you call it your thoughts. But if you have deeply involved emotional chatter, you give it special prestige. You think those thoughts deserve the special privilege of being called emotion. Somehow, in the realm of actual mind, things don't work that way. Whatever arises is just thinking: thinking you're horny, thinking you're angry. As far as meditation practice is concerned, your thoughts are no longer regarded as VIPs, while you meditate. You think, you sit; you think, you sit; you think, you sit. You have thoughts, you have thoughts about thoughts. Let it happen that way. Call them thoughts.
From "Meditation: Touch and Go," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY. Coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"Chogyam Trungpa's vision of fearlessness as honesty, joyfulness, sadness, and openness is inspiring and particularly relevant to our historical moment."-- Norman Fischer
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Of interest to readers:
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Monday, September 21, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Healing Our Wound
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 20, 2009
HEALING OUR WOUND
The term "warrior" in the Shambhala tradition is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo. Pa means "brave," and wo makes it "a person who is brave." The warrior tradition we are discussing is a tradition of bravery. You might have the idea of a warrior as someone who wages war. But in this case, we are not talking about warriors as those who engage in warfare. Warriorship here refers to fundamental bravery and fearlessness. Warriorship is based on overcoming cowardice and our sense of being wounded.If we feel fundamentally wounded, we may be afraid that somebody is going to put stitches in us to heal our wound. Or maybe we have already had the stitches put in, but we dare not let anyone take them out. The approach of the warrior is to face all those situations of fear or cowardice. The general goal of warriorship is to have no fear. But the ground of warriorship is fear itself. In order to be fearless, first we have to find out what fear is.
From "Facing Yourself," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"This is powerful dharma encouragement to awaken our own fearless and wise heart - from one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times." - Jack Kornfield
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September 20, 2009
HEALING OUR WOUND
The term "warrior" in the Shambhala tradition is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo. Pa means "brave," and wo makes it "a person who is brave." The warrior tradition we are discussing is a tradition of bravery. You might have the idea of a warrior as someone who wages war. But in this case, we are not talking about warriors as those who engage in warfare. Warriorship here refers to fundamental bravery and fearlessness. Warriorship is based on overcoming cowardice and our sense of being wounded.If we feel fundamentally wounded, we may be afraid that somebody is going to put stitches in us to heal our wound. Or maybe we have already had the stitches put in, but we dare not let anyone take them out. The approach of the warrior is to face all those situations of fear or cowardice. The general goal of warriorship is to have no fear. But the ground of warriorship is fear itself. In order to be fearless, first we have to find out what fear is.
From "Facing Yourself," in SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in October from Shambhala Publications.
"This is powerful dharma encouragement to awaken our own fearless and wise heart - from one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times." - Jack Kornfield
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Meditation as Sacrifice
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 15, 2009
MEDITATION AS SACRIFICE
The practice of meditation is largely based on some kind of sacrifice and openness. Such sacrifice is necessary and has to be personally experienced. Ordinarily, we might sacrifice something for the sake of developing goodness, or because we are willing to suffer on behalf of humanity. However, the sacrifice that has been recommended in the Buddhist tradition is to sacrifice something without any purpose....Sacrificing something without a purpose is outrageous and precisely heroic and fantastic; it is very beautiful. The practice of meditation is sacrifice and openness without techniques, without means, without gloves, pliers or hammers. You have to use your bare hands, bare feet, bare head, to relate with the whole thing.
From "Is Meditation Therapy?" in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH, condensed from pages 183-184.
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September 15, 2009
MEDITATION AS SACRIFICE
The practice of meditation is largely based on some kind of sacrifice and openness. Such sacrifice is necessary and has to be personally experienced. Ordinarily, we might sacrifice something for the sake of developing goodness, or because we are willing to suffer on behalf of humanity. However, the sacrifice that has been recommended in the Buddhist tradition is to sacrifice something without any purpose....Sacrificing something without a purpose is outrageous and precisely heroic and fantastic; it is very beautiful. The practice of meditation is sacrifice and openness without techniques, without means, without gloves, pliers or hammers. You have to use your bare hands, bare feet, bare head, to relate with the whole thing.
From "Is Meditation Therapy?" in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH, condensed from pages 183-184.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Star in the Middle of a New-Moon Night
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 12, 2009
A STAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEW-MOON NIGHT
The contrast to samsara, or confused existence, is nirvana, or peace. At this point, however, we don't have anything but samsara and little points of light that arise from the midst of darkness. Our first alternative to samsara is the practice of awareness or mindfulness, which brings us through the journey of the four noble truths. The practice of meditation seems to be the only way. We have to come back to becoming the Buddha. The third noble truth is very simple: nirvana is possible. Before you have complete cessation, you have to have a message that it is possible to have complete cessation. That message is like seeing a star in the middle of the sky on a new-moon night. Eventually, you are inspired by the crescent moon, the full moon, and then by the dawn -- and finally you are inspired by the whole thing.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Page 67.
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September 12, 2009
A STAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEW-MOON NIGHT
The contrast to samsara, or confused existence, is nirvana, or peace. At this point, however, we don't have anything but samsara and little points of light that arise from the midst of darkness. Our first alternative to samsara is the practice of awareness or mindfulness, which brings us through the journey of the four noble truths. The practice of meditation seems to be the only way. We have to come back to becoming the Buddha. The third noble truth is very simple: nirvana is possible. Before you have complete cessation, you have to have a message that it is possible to have complete cessation. That message is like seeing a star in the middle of the sky on a new-moon night. Eventually, you are inspired by the crescent moon, the full moon, and then by the dawn -- and finally you are inspired by the whole thing.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Page 67.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Ping Pong Ball Has a Gap
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 6, 2009
THE PING PONG BALL HAS A GAP
It is possible to undo the mythical, fictional aspect of the cessation of suffering and to experience a glimpse of cessation as reality, although it may be only a very short, small glimpse. The first step is to realize you are in the samsaric mess, the mess of confused existence. Although many people have heard this for years, they still do not actually recognize that they are being Ping-Pong balled. That is precisely why you are in samsara, confusion -- because you know what you are doing, but you still keep doing it. However, in being a Ping Pong ball there are still gaps of not being one. There are gaps in which something else is experienced. In fact, during that Ping-Pong-Balling, another experience takes place constantly: the experience of awareness. You being to realize what you are, who you are, and what you are doing.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Page 66.
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September 6, 2009
THE PING PONG BALL HAS A GAP
It is possible to undo the mythical, fictional aspect of the cessation of suffering and to experience a glimpse of cessation as reality, although it may be only a very short, small glimpse. The first step is to realize you are in the samsaric mess, the mess of confused existence. Although many people have heard this for years, they still do not actually recognize that they are being Ping-Pong balled. That is precisely why you are in samsara, confusion -- because you know what you are doing, but you still keep doing it. However, in being a Ping Pong ball there are still gaps of not being one. There are gaps in which something else is experienced. In fact, during that Ping-Pong-Balling, another experience takes place constantly: the experience of awareness. You being to realize what you are, who you are, and what you are doing.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Page 66.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Ping Pong Ball of Fixation
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
September 2, 2009
THE PING PONG BALL OF FIXATION
The cause of samsara, or ultimate confusion, is holding on to vague concepts. That is what is called fixation, or in Tibetan, dzinpa. When we do not have clear perception, we must hang on to vagueness and uncertainty. In doing so, we begin to behave like a Ping-Pong ball, which does not possess any intelligence but only follows the directions of the paddle....Whatever we do, our actions are not perfectly right because, based on this neurotic game, we keep being Ping-Ponged. Although it may appear that the Ping-Pong ball is commanding the players, although it seems amazing that such a little ball has so much power to direct the players' actions and even draw spectators to watch it going back and forth -- actually, that is not true. The Ping-Pong ball is just a ball. It does not have any intelligence; it's just operating on reflex....As the Ping-Pong Ball, you feel very dizzy and you ache all over your body because you've been bounced back and forth so much. The sense of pain is enormous. That is the definition of samsara, or confused existence.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Pages 65 to 66.
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September 2, 2009
THE PING PONG BALL OF FIXATION
The cause of samsara, or ultimate confusion, is holding on to vague concepts. That is what is called fixation, or in Tibetan, dzinpa. When we do not have clear perception, we must hang on to vagueness and uncertainty. In doing so, we begin to behave like a Ping-Pong ball, which does not possess any intelligence but only follows the directions of the paddle....Whatever we do, our actions are not perfectly right because, based on this neurotic game, we keep being Ping-Ponged. Although it may appear that the Ping-Pong ball is commanding the players, although it seems amazing that such a little ball has so much power to direct the players' actions and even draw spectators to watch it going back and forth -- actually, that is not true. The Ping-Pong ball is just a ball. It does not have any intelligence; it's just operating on reflex....As the Ping-Pong Ball, you feel very dizzy and you ache all over your body because you've been bounced back and forth so much. The sense of pain is enormous. That is the definition of samsara, or confused existence.
From "Awakening and Blossoming," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, Pages 65 to 66.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Recycle the Leftovers
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 30, 2009
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RECYCLE THE LEFTOVERS
The setting-sun approach is that you have a giant vision, which you can't consume, and you end up throwing most of the it away. There is not even a program to recycle the leftovers. Everything goes to the dump. It is no wonder we have such big problems disposing of our garbage. Some people have even thought of sending our garbage into outer space: we can let the rest of the universe take care of our leftovers, instead of cleaning up our earth....As long as we have a pleasurable situation, we forget about the leftovers or the greasy spoons and plates. We leave the job of cleaning up to somebody else....In contrast to that, Great Eastern Sun vision is a very ecological approach. The way of the Great Eastern Sun is based on seeing what is needed and how things happen organically.
From "The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun," in SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, pages 56 to 58.
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August 30, 2009
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RECYCLE THE LEFTOVERS
The setting-sun approach is that you have a giant vision, which you can't consume, and you end up throwing most of the it away. There is not even a program to recycle the leftovers. Everything goes to the dump. It is no wonder we have such big problems disposing of our garbage. Some people have even thought of sending our garbage into outer space: we can let the rest of the universe take care of our leftovers, instead of cleaning up our earth....As long as we have a pleasurable situation, we forget about the leftovers or the greasy spoons and plates. We leave the job of cleaning up to somebody else....In contrast to that, Great Eastern Sun vision is a very ecological approach. The way of the Great Eastern Sun is based on seeing what is needed and how things happen organically.
From "The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun," in SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, pages 56 to 58.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Conquering the Hot Dog
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 26, 2009
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CONQUERING THE HOT DOG
Student: What is the difference between aggression and conquering?
Chogyam Trungpa: In this case, conquering is not so much aggression; it's more a sense of inspiration. If you are really hungry, you have a fantastic relationship with food. Let's say it's a hot dog. For many days, you want to have a hot dog. And finally you have a hot dog. You can actually have it on your paper dish, or whatever dish you have. You have a fantastic relationship with the hot dog. You eat it with complete delight and complete communication. That could be said to be a very aggressive trip. But I don't think that's true, actually, because you have open-mindedness toward that particular hot dog. You have designed visualizations and devotions and you have a sense of longing for your hot dog, and everything's completely softened. You become softened, a soft person and a reasonable person. You have a hot dog, and you can eat that hot dog very beautifully, you know. You hold it in your hand and you feel it. You take a bite, and you chew it and feel the goodness of it at the same time. So it's a very real experience. That seems to be the difference between conquering, or expanding, and aggression, which is, you know, just completely off the wall.
From "Kagyu Lineage/Mishap Lineage," in MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 15. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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August 26, 2009
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CONQUERING THE HOT DOG
Student: What is the difference between aggression and conquering?
Chogyam Trungpa: In this case, conquering is not so much aggression; it's more a sense of inspiration. If you are really hungry, you have a fantastic relationship with food. Let's say it's a hot dog. For many days, you want to have a hot dog. And finally you have a hot dog. You can actually have it on your paper dish, or whatever dish you have. You have a fantastic relationship with the hot dog. You eat it with complete delight and complete communication. That could be said to be a very aggressive trip. But I don't think that's true, actually, because you have open-mindedness toward that particular hot dog. You have designed visualizations and devotions and you have a sense of longing for your hot dog, and everything's completely softened. You become softened, a soft person and a reasonable person. You have a hot dog, and you can eat that hot dog very beautifully, you know. You hold it in your hand and you feel it. You take a bite, and you chew it and feel the goodness of it at the same time. So it's a very real experience. That seems to be the difference between conquering, or expanding, and aggression, which is, you know, just completely off the wall.
From "Kagyu Lineage/Mishap Lineage," in MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 15. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Mosquitoes Just So
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August 21, 2009
[Ed. Note: It's summer, so Ocean of Dharma is having a picnic this month. What's a picnic without mosquitoes?]
MOSQUITOES JUST SO
The trees
Grow
Just so
Baby ducks
Learn to float
Just so
Mosquitoes' beaks
Well-made
Just so....
Nothing to worry
Everything is
Just so
Doesn't quite hurt
But sometimes
Painfully ticklish
From "1018 Spruce Street (and K.A.)" in TIMELY RAIN: Selected Poetry of Chogyam Trungpa, edited by David I Rome, page 118.
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August 21, 2009
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MOSQUITOES JUST SO
The trees
Grow
Just so
Baby ducks
Learn to float
Just so
Mosquitoes' beaks
Well-made
Just so....
Nothing to worry
Everything is
Just so
Doesn't quite hurt
But sometimes
Painfully ticklish
From "1018 Spruce Street (and K.A.)" in TIMELY RAIN: Selected Poetry of Chogyam Trungpa, edited by David I Rome, page 118.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Fish of Subconscious Gossip
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August 18, 2009
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FISH OF SUBCONSCIOUS GOSSIP
From the samsaric ocean,
With the net of your good posture,
The fish of your subconscious gossip
Are exposed to the fresh air.
No praise, no blame.
The fish of your subconscious mind
Look for samsaric air,
But they die in coemergent wisdom.
From "Fishing Wisely," in TIMELY RAIN: SELECTED POETRY OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, page 37.
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August 18, 2009
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FISH OF SUBCONSCIOUS GOSSIP
From the samsaric ocean,
With the net of your good posture,
The fish of your subconscious gossip
Are exposed to the fresh air.
No praise, no blame.
The fish of your subconscious mind
Look for samsaric air,
But they die in coemergent wisdom.
From "Fishing Wisely," in TIMELY RAIN: SELECTED POETRY OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, page 37.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Water of No Thoughts
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 15, 2009
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THE WATER OF NO THOUGHTS
Suppose you are very thirsty, and you are presented with a glass of ice water....You hold the glass of ice water and you are about to drink, knowing that it is the real thing and that it will quench your thirst. Then holding the glass in your hand, you bring your arm close to your mouth, you bend your neck, you raise the glass and you begin to drink. Having had the idea, the connection, the first delight, ...you proceed with the appreciation of that basic goodness. Strangely enough, when you are very thirsty, while you are drinking a glass of water, your mind is almost completely without anxiety at all. You can try this yourself. While you�re drinking a glass of water, you have no thoughts. You are purely synchronizing your mind and body together in drinking that nice cool glass of water.
From "Working with Early Morning Depression," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: The Wisdom of Shambhala, page 30.
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August 15, 2009
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THE WATER OF NO THOUGHTS
Suppose you are very thirsty, and you are presented with a glass of ice water....You hold the glass of ice water and you are about to drink, knowing that it is the real thing and that it will quench your thirst. Then holding the glass in your hand, you bring your arm close to your mouth, you bend your neck, you raise the glass and you begin to drink. Having had the idea, the connection, the first delight, ...you proceed with the appreciation of that basic goodness. Strangely enough, when you are very thirsty, while you are drinking a glass of water, your mind is almost completely without anxiety at all. You can try this yourself. While you�re drinking a glass of water, you have no thoughts. You are purely synchronizing your mind and body together in drinking that nice cool glass of water.
From "Working with Early Morning Depression," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: The Wisdom of Shambhala, page 30.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Spiritual Pizza
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August 12, 2009
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SPIRITUAL PIZZA
People have different experiences of reality, which cannot be jumbled together. Invaders and dictators of all kinds have tried to make others have their experience, to make a big concoction of minds controlled by one person. But that is impossible. Everyone who has tried to make that kind of spiritual pizza has failed. So you have to accept that your experience is personal. The personal experience of nowness is very much there and very obviously there. You cannot even throw it away!
From "The Four Foundations of Mindfulness," in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology, page 37.
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August 12, 2009
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SPIRITUAL PIZZA
People have different experiences of reality, which cannot be jumbled together. Invaders and dictators of all kinds have tried to make others have their experience, to make a big concoction of minds controlled by one person. But that is impossible. Everyone who has tried to make that kind of spiritual pizza has failed. So you have to accept that your experience is personal. The personal experience of nowness is very much there and very obviously there. You cannot even throw it away!
From "The Four Foundations of Mindfulness," in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology, page 37.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Beer of Fearlessness
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 7, 2009
[Ed. Note: It's summer, so Ocean of Dharma is having a picnic this month. Here's something to go with the heaven and earth sandwiches.]
THE BEER OF FEARLESSNESS
A warrior should be capable of artfully conducting his or her life in every action, from drinking tea to running a country. Learning how to handle fear, both how to utilize one's own fear and that of others, is what allows us to brew the beer of fearlessness. You can put all of those situations of fear and doubt into a gigantic vat and ferment them. The path of fearlessness is connected with what we do right now, today, rather than with anything theoretical or waiting for a cue from somewhere else. The basic vision of warriorship is that there is goodness in everyone. We are all good in ourselves. So we have our own warrior society within our own body. We have everything we need to make the journey already.
From SMILE AT FEAR: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, page 67. Forthcoming from Shambhala Publications.
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August 7, 2009
[Ed. Note: It's summer, so Ocean of Dharma is having a picnic this month. Here's something to go with the heaven and earth sandwiches.]
THE BEER OF FEARLESSNESS
A warrior should be capable of artfully conducting his or her life in every action, from drinking tea to running a country. Learning how to handle fear, both how to utilize one's own fear and that of others, is what allows us to brew the beer of fearlessness. You can put all of those situations of fear and doubt into a gigantic vat and ferment them. The path of fearlessness is connected with what we do right now, today, rather than with anything theoretical or waiting for a cue from somewhere else. The basic vision of warriorship is that there is goodness in everyone. We are all good in ourselves. So we have our own warrior society within our own body. We have everything we need to make the journey already.
From SMILE AT FEAR: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, page 67. Forthcoming from Shambhala Publications.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Another Heaven and Earth Sandwich
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 4, 2009
ANOTHER HEAVEN AND EARTH SANDWICH
Student: Could you say something about what you mean by heaven and earth?
Chogyam Trungpa:: What do you think it could be? Do you have any ideas?... What's earth?
S: Well, that's where I'm sitting.
CT: Good. From that, you can tell what heaven is. It's our reference point with each other.
S: But that sounds like being in the middle of a sandwich.
CT: Well, maybe you are in a sandwich. We're always sandwiched because we have a past, we have a present, and we have a future. We are sandwiched by our father, our mother, our child. Even timewise, we are sandwiched. We are sandwiched between breakfast, lunch and dinner.
From "How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: The Wisdom of Shambhala, pages 112 to 113.
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August 4, 2009
ANOTHER HEAVEN AND EARTH SANDWICH
Student: Could you say something about what you mean by heaven and earth?
Chogyam Trungpa:: What do you think it could be? Do you have any ideas?... What's earth?
S: Well, that's where I'm sitting.
CT: Good. From that, you can tell what heaven is. It's our reference point with each other.
S: But that sounds like being in the middle of a sandwich.
CT: Well, maybe you are in a sandwich. We're always sandwiched because we have a past, we have a present, and we have a future. We are sandwiched by our father, our mother, our child. Even timewise, we are sandwiched. We are sandwiched between breakfast, lunch and dinner.
From "How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: The Wisdom of Shambhala, pages 112 to 113.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Heaven and Earth Sandwich
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August 1, 2009
THE HEAVEN AND EARTH SANDWICH
Imagine that you are sitting naked on the ground, with your bare bottom touching the earth. Since you are not wearing a scarf or hat, you are also exposed to heaven above. You are sandwiched between heaven and earth: a naked man or woman, sitting between heaven and earth. Earth is always earth. The earth will let anyone sit on it, and earth never gives way. It never lets you go -- you don't drop off this earth and go flying through outer space. Likewise, sky is always sky; heaven is always heaven above you. Whether it is snowing or raining or the sun is shining, whether it is daytime or nighttime, the sky is always there. In that sense, we know that heaven and earth are trustworthy.
From "The Genuine Heart of Sadness," in SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, Shambhala Library Edition, page 28.
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August 1, 2009
THE HEAVEN AND EARTH SANDWICH
Imagine that you are sitting naked on the ground, with your bare bottom touching the earth. Since you are not wearing a scarf or hat, you are also exposed to heaven above. You are sandwiched between heaven and earth: a naked man or woman, sitting between heaven and earth. Earth is always earth. The earth will let anyone sit on it, and earth never gives way. It never lets you go -- you don't drop off this earth and go flying through outer space. Likewise, sky is always sky; heaven is always heaven above you. Whether it is snowing or raining or the sun is shining, whether it is daytime or nighttime, the sky is always there. In that sense, we know that heaven and earth are trustworthy.
From "The Genuine Heart of Sadness," in SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, Shambhala Library Edition, page 28.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Contemplative Approach
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July 29, 2009
A CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH
According to the ideas of my teacher, Jamgon Kongtrul, the only way to develop spiritual discipline is to accept chaos as well as orderliness. His suggestions are very profound and totally ecumenical. To develop genuine spirituality, one has to be dedicated to a contemplative approach, a meditative approach. That doesn't mean that everybody on this earth has to sit on a meditation cushion....We are not talking in terms of being good meditators. We are talking about actually, personally being able to identify with what you've studied, what you've heard, what you've learned, what you've read. It is bringing all of this into your personal experience.
From Talk One of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar, Boulder, Colorado, November 1974.
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July 29, 2009
A CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH
According to the ideas of my teacher, Jamgon Kongtrul, the only way to develop spiritual discipline is to accept chaos as well as orderliness. His suggestions are very profound and totally ecumenical. To develop genuine spirituality, one has to be dedicated to a contemplative approach, a meditative approach. That doesn't mean that everybody on this earth has to sit on a meditation cushion....We are not talking in terms of being good meditators. We are talking about actually, personally being able to identify with what you've studied, what you've heard, what you've learned, what you've read. It is bringing all of this into your personal experience.
From Talk One of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar, Boulder, Colorado, November 1974.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Buddha and Christ
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July 26, 2009
BUDDHA AND CHRIST
Student: What is the relationship between the Buddha and the Christ?
Chogyam Trungpa: I suppose, from the mahayana point of view of benevolence and the point of view of sainthood, that they are like saints talking to each other. Their relationship might be that of wakeful saints coming from different traditions. One, Christ, came from the Jewish tradition, and one, the Buddha, came from the Hindu tradition. Both were stepping out of their traditions and beginning to teach a new kind of truth, or an old truth in a new way. In some sense, what they were doing was very close.
From Talk Four of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar, Karme Choling, Vermont, April 1975.
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July 26, 2009
BUDDHA AND CHRIST
Student: What is the relationship between the Buddha and the Christ?
Chogyam Trungpa: I suppose, from the mahayana point of view of benevolence and the point of view of sainthood, that they are like saints talking to each other. Their relationship might be that of wakeful saints coming from different traditions. One, Christ, came from the Jewish tradition, and one, the Buddha, came from the Hindu tradition. Both were stepping out of their traditions and beginning to teach a new kind of truth, or an old truth in a new way. In some sense, what they were doing was very close.
From Talk Four of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar, Karme Choling, Vermont, April 1975.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Egolessness Is Letting Go
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July 23, 2009
EGOLESSNESS IS LETTING GO
"Egolessness" does not mean that nothing exists, as some have thought, a kind of nihilism. Instead, it means that you can let go of your habitual patterns and then when you let do, you genuinely let go. You do not re-create or rebuild another shell immediately afterward. Once you let go, you do not just start all over again. Egolessness is having the trust to not rebuild again at all and experiencing the psychological healthiness and freshness that goes with not rebuilding. The truth of egolessness can only be experienced fully through meditation practice.
From "The Meeting of Buddhist and Western Psychology," in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH: A BUDDHIST APPROACH TO PSYCHOLOGY, page 10.
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July 23, 2009
EGOLESSNESS IS LETTING GO
"Egolessness" does not mean that nothing exists, as some have thought, a kind of nihilism. Instead, it means that you can let go of your habitual patterns and then when you let do, you genuinely let go. You do not re-create or rebuild another shell immediately afterward. Once you let go, you do not just start all over again. Egolessness is having the trust to not rebuild again at all and experiencing the psychological healthiness and freshness that goes with not rebuilding. The truth of egolessness can only be experienced fully through meditation practice.
From "The Meeting of Buddhist and Western Psychology," in THE SANITY WE ARE BORN WITH: A BUDDHIST APPROACH TO PSYCHOLOGY, page 10.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Heroism toward Yourself
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July 20, 2009
HEROISM TOWARD YOURSELF
As a practitioner, some kind of heroism is necessary. That is to say, it's not trying to proclaim yourself as better than somebody else. At the same time, it seems to be good to have some kind of heroism within yourself. It's not so much based on the example of each president in the United States, who says, "I'm making history, and this is fantastic. I won the elections," or whatever. But some kind of heroism is needed, that you are doing what you are doing. It seems to be very simple. It's heroism toward yourself.
From "Trungpas Five through Ten," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 58. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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July 20, 2009
HEROISM TOWARD YOURSELF
As a practitioner, some kind of heroism is necessary. That is to say, it's not trying to proclaim yourself as better than somebody else. At the same time, it seems to be good to have some kind of heroism within yourself. It's not so much based on the example of each president in the United States, who says, "I'm making history, and this is fantastic. I won the elections," or whatever. But some kind of heroism is needed, that you are doing what you are doing. It seems to be very simple. It's heroism toward yourself.
From "Trungpas Five through Ten," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 58. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Sentient Beings Are Limitless
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July 17, 2009
SENTIENT BEINGS ARE LIMITLESS
Sentient beings are limitless;
We vow to save them.
Maybe the world is filled with aggression, passion and ignorance
And other inconvenient kleshas, inconvenient emotions.
Still the dawn of sanity, and being skilled in working with others,
Will continue.
Let us drive further,
And work harder with gentleness,
To proclaim the dharma, the wisdom of the Buddha,
Throughout the universe.
If practitioners are like the bow,
Then devotion is like the bowstring.
Working for others with intelligence
Is the arrow, adorned with three feathers
Of threefold purity,
As well as the sharp point of doubtlessness.
Thus we perform such archery.
Let us go further, and shoot further.
Let us shoot in the atmosphere of the dharmadhatu, the space of dharma.
Excerpted, with slight changes, from "Sad Archer Shoots Happily by Gazing at the Splendid Moon," an unpublished poem composed 14 November 1981 at the Keltic Lodge, Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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July 17, 2009
SENTIENT BEINGS ARE LIMITLESS
Sentient beings are limitless;
We vow to save them.
Maybe the world is filled with aggression, passion and ignorance
And other inconvenient kleshas, inconvenient emotions.
Still the dawn of sanity, and being skilled in working with others,
Will continue.
Let us drive further,
And work harder with gentleness,
To proclaim the dharma, the wisdom of the Buddha,
Throughout the universe.
If practitioners are like the bow,
Then devotion is like the bowstring.
Working for others with intelligence
Is the arrow, adorned with three feathers
Of threefold purity,
As well as the sharp point of doubtlessness.
Thus we perform such archery.
Let us go further, and shoot further.
Let us shoot in the atmosphere of the dharmadhatu, the space of dharma.
Excerpted, with slight changes, from "Sad Archer Shoots Happily by Gazing at the Splendid Moon," an unpublished poem composed 14 November 1981 at the Keltic Lodge, Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Realizing Chaos
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July 14, 2009
REALIZING CHAOS
No one can save us from the state of chaos or samsara unless we understand the meaning of chaos and confusion, unless we have experienced it and suffered from it. Otherwise, although we may be in the midst of chaos, we don't notice it. You don't begin to notice chaos until you are already on the path. Then you begin to feel uncomfortable. You feel that something is a nuisance. Something's bugging you constantly. You realize the chaos when you are already making the journey.
From "The Fourth Moment," in THE SHAMBHALA SUN, March 2006, page 46
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July 14, 2009
REALIZING CHAOS
No one can save us from the state of chaos or samsara unless we understand the meaning of chaos and confusion, unless we have experienced it and suffered from it. Otherwise, although we may be in the midst of chaos, we don't notice it. You don't begin to notice chaos until you are already on the path. Then you begin to feel uncomfortable. You feel that something is a nuisance. Something's bugging you constantly. You realize the chaos when you are already making the journey.
From "The Fourth Moment," in THE SHAMBHALA SUN, March 2006, page 46
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Life Just Is
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July 11, 2009
LIFE JUST IS
Life on the practical level does not contain any subtle philosophy or subtle mystical experience. It just is. If we are able to see that isness, so to speak, then there is a sense of realization. We experience sudden enlightenment. Without a sense of hopelessness, there is no way to give birth to sudden enlightenment. Only giving up our projects brings about the ultimate, definite, positive state of being, which is the realization that we are already enlightened beings here and now.
From "Hopelessness and the Trikaya," in CRAZY WISDOM page 95.
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July 11, 2009
LIFE JUST IS
Life on the practical level does not contain any subtle philosophy or subtle mystical experience. It just is. If we are able to see that isness, so to speak, then there is a sense of realization. We experience sudden enlightenment. Without a sense of hopelessness, there is no way to give birth to sudden enlightenment. Only giving up our projects brings about the ultimate, definite, positive state of being, which is the realization that we are already enlightened beings here and now.
From "Hopelessness and the Trikaya," in CRAZY WISDOM page 95.
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Square One Is Basic Goodness
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July 4, 2009
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SQUARE ONE IS BASIC GOODNESS
Basic goodness does not mean that we can con others because we have basic goodness. We are talking about personal basic goodness which we don't have to proclaim or advertise. It does not depend on advertisement or on introductions from somebody else. Instead, basic goodness means being on the spot -- right here. With that might come lots of fear, lots of confusion, and a lot of loneliness, nonetheless....When we are here by ourselves, we are constantly freaked out, haunted by ourselves. If you yourself breathe heavily, you might think somebody else is behind you breathing down our neck. "Who's that?" "Who said that?" What's that?" And we are also afraid of others. Difficult situations like that can actually bring out our tremendous goodness, a sense of basic goodness. And in fact, we might be able to bring out the notion of fearlessness as well. It's possible. It's feasible....Everything is back to square one, which is basic goodness.
Compiled from "Conquering Comfort," in THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Eight, pages 439-442.
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July 4, 2009
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SQUARE ONE IS BASIC GOODNESS
Basic goodness does not mean that we can con others because we have basic goodness. We are talking about personal basic goodness which we don't have to proclaim or advertise. It does not depend on advertisement or on introductions from somebody else. Instead, basic goodness means being on the spot -- right here. With that might come lots of fear, lots of confusion, and a lot of loneliness, nonetheless....When we are here by ourselves, we are constantly freaked out, haunted by ourselves. If you yourself breathe heavily, you might think somebody else is behind you breathing down our neck. "Who's that?" "Who said that?" What's that?" And we are also afraid of others. Difficult situations like that can actually bring out our tremendous goodness, a sense of basic goodness. And in fact, we might be able to bring out the notion of fearlessness as well. It's possible. It's feasible....Everything is back to square one, which is basic goodness.
Compiled from "Conquering Comfort," in THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Eight, pages 439-442.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Transcending Spiritual Materialism
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July 1, 2009
TRANSCENDING SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Developing basic sanity is a process of working on ourselves in which the path itself rather than the attainment of a goal becomes the working basis. The path itself is what constantly inspires us, rather than, in the style of the carrot and the donkey, promises about certain achievements that lie ahead of us....The difference between spiritual materialism and transcending spiritual materialism is that, in spiritual materialism, promises are used like a carrot held in front of a donkey, luring him into all kinds of journeys. In transcending spiritual materialism, there is no goal. The goal exists in every moment of our life situation, in every moment of our spiritual journey. In this way, the spiritual journey becomes as exciting and as beautiful as if we were buddha already. There are constant new discoveries, constant messages, and constant warnings. There is also constant cutting down, constant painful lessons -- as well as pleasurable ones. The spiritual journey of transcending spiritual materialism is a complete journey rather than one that is dependent on an external goal.
From "The Trikaya," in CRAZY WISDOM page 15.
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July 1, 2009
TRANSCENDING SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Developing basic sanity is a process of working on ourselves in which the path itself rather than the attainment of a goal becomes the working basis. The path itself is what constantly inspires us, rather than, in the style of the carrot and the donkey, promises about certain achievements that lie ahead of us....The difference between spiritual materialism and transcending spiritual materialism is that, in spiritual materialism, promises are used like a carrot held in front of a donkey, luring him into all kinds of journeys. In transcending spiritual materialism, there is no goal. The goal exists in every moment of our life situation, in every moment of our spiritual journey. In this way, the spiritual journey becomes as exciting and as beautiful as if we were buddha already. There are constant new discoveries, constant messages, and constant warnings. There is also constant cutting down, constant painful lessons -- as well as pleasurable ones. The spiritual journey of transcending spiritual materialism is a complete journey rather than one that is dependent on an external goal.
From "The Trikaya," in CRAZY WISDOM page 15.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Goodness Is Always There
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June 28, 2009
GOODNESS IS ALWAYS THERE
You have something in yourself that is fundamentally, basically good. It transcends the notion of good or bad. Something that is worthwhile, wholesome, and healthy exists in all of us....Such goodness is synonymous with bravery. It is always there. Whenever you see a bright and beautiful color, you are witnessing your own inherent goodness. Whenever you hear a sweet and beautiful sound, you are hearing your own basic goodness. Whenever you taste something sweet or sour, you are experiencing your own basic goodness....Things like that are always happening to you, but you have been ignoring them, thinking that they are mundane and unimportant, purely coincidences of an ordinary nature. However, it is worthwhile to take advantage of anything that happens to you that has that particular nature of goodness. You begin to realize that there is nonaggression happening all around you in your life, and you are able to feel the freshness of realizing your goodness, again and again.
From "Facing Yourself," Chapter One of SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in August from Shambhala Publications.
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June 28, 2009
GOODNESS IS ALWAYS THERE
You have something in yourself that is fundamentally, basically good. It transcends the notion of good or bad. Something that is worthwhile, wholesome, and healthy exists in all of us....Such goodness is synonymous with bravery. It is always there. Whenever you see a bright and beautiful color, you are witnessing your own inherent goodness. Whenever you hear a sweet and beautiful sound, you are hearing your own basic goodness. Whenever you taste something sweet or sour, you are experiencing your own basic goodness....Things like that are always happening to you, but you have been ignoring them, thinking that they are mundane and unimportant, purely coincidences of an ordinary nature. However, it is worthwhile to take advantage of anything that happens to you that has that particular nature of goodness. You begin to realize that there is nonaggression happening all around you in your life, and you are able to feel the freshness of realizing your goodness, again and again.
From "Facing Yourself," Chapter One of SMILE AT FEAR: AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART OF BRAVERY, coming in August from Shambhala Publications.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Ice Water of Anxiety
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June 25, 2009
THE ICE WATER OF ANXIETY
Seeing our pain as it is, is a tremendous help. Ordinarily, we are so wrapped up in it that we don't even see it. We are swimming in oceans of ice water of anxiety, and we don't even see that we are suffering....Buddhists have realized that we are suffering, that anxiety is taking place. We have understood that anxiety does exist; and because of that, we also begin to realize the possibility of salvation or deliverance from that particular pain and anxiety. According to the hinayana teachings, the fundamental teachings, you have to be very practical: you are going to do something about suffering. On a very personal level, you are going to do something about it.
From "Recognizing the Reality of Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, page 10.
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June 25, 2009
THE ICE WATER OF ANXIETY
Seeing our pain as it is, is a tremendous help. Ordinarily, we are so wrapped up in it that we don't even see it. We are swimming in oceans of ice water of anxiety, and we don't even see that we are suffering....Buddhists have realized that we are suffering, that anxiety is taking place. We have understood that anxiety does exist; and because of that, we also begin to realize the possibility of salvation or deliverance from that particular pain and anxiety. According to the hinayana teachings, the fundamental teachings, you have to be very practical: you are going to do something about suffering. On a very personal level, you are going to do something about it.
From "Recognizing the Reality of Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, page 10.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Gentleness Brings Daring
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June 22, 2009
GENTLENESS BRINGS DARING
When there is daring, you dare to do something: you put forth your vision fearlessly. People have doubts about big vision because they don't have a sense of gentleness in themselves first. So gentleness brings daring and a sense of fearlessness. Daring is appreciation of letting go in the fundamental sense. First you develop gentleness toward yourself; then you begin to develop daring, which is connected with how to express your gentleness to the world outside, how to proclaim your sanity. Your are not going crazy because you have seen the Great Eastern Sun, which is the symbol of expansive vision in the Shambhala world. Rather, because you have seen the Great Eastern Sun, you are very daring and at the same time very gentle and soft. The softer you become, the greater the message to the world becomes.
From "Outrageousness," a talk to directors of Shambhala Training, October 1978.
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June 22, 2009
GENTLENESS BRINGS DARING
When there is daring, you dare to do something: you put forth your vision fearlessly. People have doubts about big vision because they don't have a sense of gentleness in themselves first. So gentleness brings daring and a sense of fearlessness. Daring is appreciation of letting go in the fundamental sense. First you develop gentleness toward yourself; then you begin to develop daring, which is connected with how to express your gentleness to the world outside, how to proclaim your sanity. Your are not going crazy because you have seen the Great Eastern Sun, which is the symbol of expansive vision in the Shambhala world. Rather, because you have seen the Great Eastern Sun, you are very daring and at the same time very gentle and soft. The softer you become, the greater the message to the world becomes.
From "Outrageousness," a talk to directors of Shambhala Training, October 1978.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Compassion without Dependence
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June 18, 2009
COMPASSION WITHOUT DEPENDENCE
The essence of compassion is to copy how you relate with your child (in your relationships with others). The problem is how much you want to be the head of the family or the ringleader of your friends. You know, if that ambition is not there, but you have a genuine willingness to share, that is precisely the concept of sangha, or the Buddhist community, in traditional terms. You are willing to be friends with everybody, but at the same time you are not particularly taking credit. You don't make people depend on you. Everybody can stand on his or her own feet. The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 7. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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June 18, 2009
COMPASSION WITHOUT DEPENDENCE
The essence of compassion is to copy how you relate with your child (in your relationships with others). The problem is how much you want to be the head of the family or the ringleader of your friends. You know, if that ambition is not there, but you have a genuine willingness to share, that is precisely the concept of sangha, or the Buddhist community, in traditional terms. You are willing to be friends with everybody, but at the same time you are not particularly taking credit. You don't make people depend on you. Everybody can stand on his or her own feet. The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, page 7. Newly published by Shambhala Publications.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: What We Are Not
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
June 14, 2009
WHAT WE ARE NOT
The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin to realize that we don't have basic, substantial, solid, fundamental ground that we can exert anymore. We begin to realize that our ideas of security and our concept of freedom have been purely phantom experiences.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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June 14, 2009
WHAT WE ARE NOT
The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin to realize that we don't have basic, substantial, solid, fundamental ground that we can exert anymore. We begin to realize that our ideas of security and our concept of freedom have been purely phantom experiences.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Practicing Lineage, Part Two
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
June 10, 2009
THE PRACTICING LINEAGE, Part Two
The meaning and significance of the Practicing Lineage is important to understand. Practicing Lineage is a term that was developed by Milarepa. Previously, the tradition was known as the "Lineage of the Sacred Word," which is actually a phrase that I am using again these days. In the Kagyu tradition, ka means "Logos," "sacred word," "command," "truth," and gyu means "thread" or "continuity" — which is close to the idea of lineage. In Milarepa's time, the Kagyu tradition became known as "Drubgyu".Drub means "practice," and gyu means "lineage" or "line." The Practicing Lineage places a lot of importance on the necessity to practice, to sit or meditate. Without practicing, without understanding the meaning of practice, no real communication or development takes place in your understanding of Buddhism, or the buddhadharma.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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June 10, 2009
THE PRACTICING LINEAGE, Part Two
The meaning and significance of the Practicing Lineage is important to understand. Practicing Lineage is a term that was developed by Milarepa. Previously, the tradition was known as the "Lineage of the Sacred Word," which is actually a phrase that I am using again these days. In the Kagyu tradition, ka means "Logos," "sacred word," "command," "truth," and gyu means "thread" or "continuity" — which is close to the idea of lineage. In Milarepa's time, the Kagyu tradition became known as "Drubgyu".Drub means "practice," and gyu means "lineage" or "line." The Practicing Lineage places a lot of importance on the necessity to practice, to sit or meditate. Without practicing, without understanding the meaning of practice, no real communication or development takes place in your understanding of Buddhism, or the buddhadharma.
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Practicing Lineage, Part One
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June 6, 2009
THE PRACTICING LINEAGE, PART ONE
There are four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Practicing Lineage or the Kagyu Lineage is one of the middle schools, which came after the old, or ancient, schools.The Kagyu lineage developed through various Tibetan masters and scholars who visited India and received teachings there and then returned to establish their particular situation in Tibet. Namely, there was the famous translator-saint Marpa, who visited India three times and brought the teachings he received there to Tibet. His disciple Milarepa was the greatest yogic poet of Tibet, or shall we say, singer-poet. We could call him the first Tibetan blues singer. And then there was his disciple Gampopa, and then Gampopa's descendants established the lineage of the Karmapas. At this point, the lineage of the Kagyu, the Practicing Lineage, consists of something like forty-five generations — up to the time of the Eleventh Trungpa, whoever he might be! (Chogyam Trungpa was the Eleventh Trungpa.)
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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June 6, 2009
THE PRACTICING LINEAGE, PART ONE
There are four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Practicing Lineage or the Kagyu Lineage is one of the middle schools, which came after the old, or ancient, schools.The Kagyu lineage developed through various Tibetan masters and scholars who visited India and received teachings there and then returned to establish their particular situation in Tibet. Namely, there was the famous translator-saint Marpa, who visited India three times and brought the teachings he received there to Tibet. His disciple Milarepa was the greatest yogic poet of Tibet, or shall we say, singer-poet. We could call him the first Tibetan blues singer. And then there was his disciple Gampopa, and then Gampopa's descendants established the lineage of the Karmapas. At this point, the lineage of the Kagyu, the Practicing Lineage, consists of something like forty-five generations — up to the time of the Eleventh Trungpa, whoever he might be! (Chogyam Trungpa was the Eleventh Trungpa.)
From "The Practicing Lineage," in THE MISHAP LINEAGE: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom. Just published by Shambhala Publications.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: National and Individual Karma
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June 3, 2009
NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL KARMA
Shared karmic situations fall into two subcategories: national and individual karma. An example of national karma is that you may be born in a particular country where you always have to relate with 7-Elevens, take-out pizza, and badly made cars. You end up in certain environments or worlds, but you cannot totally blame that on yourself. The whole country is made up that way.
The second subcategory is individual karma within national karma. For example, if the sewage system in your neighborhood is not good, that karma is particularly and personally yours, in a sense, because the pipes keep breaking and costing you a lot of money and effort. Another example is winding up with a bad teacher who gets grumpy because he is poorly paid by the school system. On one hand, that situation is not your fault; but on the other hand, you did end up in that particular school. You have a television network, but you have your own personal TV with which to tune in, and you also choose your own particular station. It's very simple. Environmental and individual karma complement each other; they feed each other.
From Chapter Five, "Perpetually Re-creating Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, pages 56 to 57.
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June 3, 2009
NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL KARMA
Shared karmic situations fall into two subcategories: national and individual karma. An example of national karma is that you may be born in a particular country where you always have to relate with 7-Elevens, take-out pizza, and badly made cars. You end up in certain environments or worlds, but you cannot totally blame that on yourself. The whole country is made up that way.
From Chapter Five, "Perpetually Re-creating Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, pages 56 to 57.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Changing the Flow of Karma
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May 29, 2009
CHANGING THE FLOW OF KARMA
Although currently you have ended up with a very bad situation, you can suddenly change the karmic flow with a tremendous, quite sudden and forceful effort. You may have ended up in a tremendous depression, but you are able to make a jump in your life and overcome that. You are able to change the flow of your particular lifestyle. You might be used to being very lazy and sloppy, but the sitting practice of meditation could tighten up your lifestyle so that suddenly you become a tidy, vigorous and uplifting person. There are second thoughts happening each time you act. There is hesitation, and from that hesitation or gap, you can go backward or forward. Changing the flow of karma happens in that gap. So the gap is very useful. It is in the gap that you give birth to a new life.
From Chapter Five, "Perpetually Re-creating Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, page 56.
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May 29, 2009
CHANGING THE FLOW OF KARMA
Although currently you have ended up with a very bad situation, you can suddenly change the karmic flow with a tremendous, quite sudden and forceful effort. You may have ended up in a tremendous depression, but you are able to make a jump in your life and overcome that. You are able to change the flow of your particular lifestyle. You might be used to being very lazy and sloppy, but the sitting practice of meditation could tighten up your lifestyle so that suddenly you become a tidy, vigorous and uplifting person. There are second thoughts happening each time you act. There is hesitation, and from that hesitation or gap, you can go backward or forward. Changing the flow of karma happens in that gap. So the gap is very useful. It is in the gap that you give birth to a new life.
From Chapter Five, "Perpetually Re-creating Suffering," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, page 56.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Love's Fool
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May 25, 2009
LOVE'S FOOL
Love.
What is love?
What is love.
Love is a fading memory.
Love is piercingly present.
Love is full of charm.
Love is hideously in the way.
Explosion of love makes you feel ecstatic.
Explosion of love makes you feel suicidal.
Love brings goodliness and godliness.
Love brings celestial vision.
Love creates the unity of heaven and earth.
Love tears apart heaven and earth.
Is love sympathy.
Is love gentleness.
Is love possessiveness.
Is love sexuality.
Is love friendship.
Who knows?
Maybe the rock knows,
Sitting diligently on earth,
Not flinching from cold snowstorms or baking heat.
O rock,
How much I love you:
You are the only loveable one.
Would you let me grow a little flower of love on you?
If you don't mind,
Maybe I could grow a pine tree on you.
If you are so generous,
Maybe I could build a house on you.
If you are fantastically generous,
Maybe I could eat you up,
Or move you to my landscape garden.
It is nice to be friends with a rock!
8 July 1975. TIMELY RAIN, pages 112 to 113.
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May 25, 2009
LOVE'S FOOL
Love.
What is love?
What is love.
Love is a fading memory.
Love is piercingly present.
Love is full of charm.
Love is hideously in the way.
Explosion of love makes you feel ecstatic.
Explosion of love makes you feel suicidal.
Love brings goodliness and godliness.
Love brings celestial vision.
Love creates the unity of heaven and earth.
Love tears apart heaven and earth.
Is love sympathy.
Is love gentleness.
Is love possessiveness.
Is love sexuality.
Is love friendship.
Who knows?
Maybe the rock knows,
Sitting diligently on earth,
Not flinching from cold snowstorms or baking heat.
O rock,
How much I love you:
You are the only loveable one.
Would you let me grow a little flower of love on you?
If you don't mind,
Maybe I could grow a pine tree on you.
If you are so generous,
Maybe I could build a house on you.
If you are fantastically generous,
Maybe I could eat you up,
Or move you to my landscape garden.
It is nice to be friends with a rock!
8 July 1975. TIMELY RAIN, pages 112 to 113.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Decency Is Absence of Strategy
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May 21, 2009
DECENCY IS ABSENCE OF STRATEGY
If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin to figure out how to tell their news. They develop a plan, which leads them completely away from simply telling it. By the time a person hears the news, it is not news at all, but opinion. It becomes a message of some kind, rather than fresh, straightforward news. Decency is the absence of strategy. It is of utmost importance to realize that the warrior's approach should be simple-minded sometimes, very simple and straightforward. That makes it very beautiful: you having nothing up your sleeve; therefore a sense of genuineness comes through. That is decency.
From "Perkiness," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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May 21, 2009
DECENCY IS ABSENCE OF STRATEGY
If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin to figure out how to tell their news. They develop a plan, which leads them completely away from simply telling it. By the time a person hears the news, it is not news at all, but opinion. It becomes a message of some kind, rather than fresh, straightforward news. Decency is the absence of strategy. It is of utmost importance to realize that the warrior's approach should be simple-minded sometimes, very simple and straightforward. That makes it very beautiful: you having nothing up your sleeve; therefore a sense of genuineness comes through. That is decency.
From "Perkiness," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Belief Is Based on Simplicity
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May 18, 2009
BELIEF IS BASED ON SIMPLICITY
For the accomplished warrior, belief is not a form of strategy, nor is it borrowing the stories of previous warriors from books and stories. Trying to theorize and borrow ideas doesn't seem to help. The notion of belief, or view, here is based on complete simplicity. Your view is not affected by liberalism or conservatism, nihilism or eternalism, at all. Your view is straightforward and simple; it is almost a cosmic domestic view. It is the notion of complete simplicity. When you meet a person, you don't have to develop a whole style of how to view that person according to either the historic or present situation, the sociological context, his religious connections, or whatever it may be. You don't have to go through all that. You can have a direct relationship, which is very simple, direct, and straightforward -- extremely straightforward.
From "Inscrutability," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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May 18, 2009
BELIEF IS BASED ON SIMPLICITY
For the accomplished warrior, belief is not a form of strategy, nor is it borrowing the stories of previous warriors from books and stories. Trying to theorize and borrow ideas doesn't seem to help. The notion of belief, or view, here is based on complete simplicity. Your view is not affected by liberalism or conservatism, nihilism or eternalism, at all. Your view is straightforward and simple; it is almost a cosmic domestic view. It is the notion of complete simplicity. When you meet a person, you don't have to develop a whole style of how to view that person according to either the historic or present situation, the sociological context, his religious connections, or whatever it may be. You don't have to go through all that. You can have a direct relationship, which is very simple, direct, and straightforward -- extremely straightforward.
From "Inscrutability," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Willing to Make Mistakes
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May 15, 2009
WILLING TO MAKE MISTAKES
The notion of being willing to make mistakes is just the general sense that you are no longer hopeful, that you are no longer hoping to achieve complete perfection. You are confronted with all kinds of factors -- poverty, biasedness, aggression, passion, and trying to measure yourself -- and all those situations are the opposite of being willing to make mistakes. You don't want to make mistakes; therefore you want to stick with you biasedness; you want to stick with your poverty. You want to make sure that everything goes right. ...You don't want to make mistakes; you are hoping for something good. Whereas if you abandon hope, you have no idea what you are going to get in your life. Still, whatever comes is within the context of warriorship in any case.
From "Outrageousness," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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May 15, 2009
WILLING TO MAKE MISTAKES
The notion of being willing to make mistakes is just the general sense that you are no longer hopeful, that you are no longer hoping to achieve complete perfection. You are confronted with all kinds of factors -- poverty, biasedness, aggression, passion, and trying to measure yourself -- and all those situations are the opposite of being willing to make mistakes. You don't want to make mistakes; therefore you want to stick with you biasedness; you want to stick with your poverty. You want to make sure that everything goes right. ...You don't want to make mistakes; you are hoping for something good. Whereas if you abandon hope, you have no idea what you are going to get in your life. Still, whatever comes is within the context of warriorship in any case.
From "Outrageousness," a talk given to the Directors of Shambhala Training, July 1978.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Gentleness to Yourself
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May 12, 2009
GENTLENESS TO YOURSELF
Confidence brings the natural dignity of gentleness. You can afford to be gentle. You are not pretending to be gentle in order to achieve something by it, but you have a general sense of gentleness, which means you are being kind to yourself. Sometimes when the warrior feels doubtful about himself, he might have a problem being gentle to himself. Gentleness to yourself is necessary for a warrior; otherwise you find yourself puffed up, with no way to expand your vision to a great level at all. At that point, warriorship becomes pure bluff.
From "Outrageousness," a talk given in July 1978 to Directors of Shambhala Training.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Our Connection with the Natural World
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May 3 2009
OUR CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL WORLD
There seems to be a need for us to realize that the cosmic world -- the sky and mountains and trees and rivers and oceans and jungles and everything -- can be woven into those persons who are interested. Those who are willing students and warriors can draw in that world and work with it. The natural situation provides us with the whole phenomenal world, and we should learn to assoicate with that....Basically there is cultivated presence and then there is naturally existing presence. When we cultivate an authentic presence, we develop a sense of what is naturally existing. So we begin to make our connection to the world in that way.
>From The Golden Key Sourcebook.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Sanity Shines Through
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April 30, 2009
SANITY SHINES THROUGH
>From the hinayana point of view, cessation means being able to prevent problems or use them up. The Sanskrit word for cessation is nirodha, and in Tibetan, it is gokpa, which in verb form means "to stop" or "to prevent." The idea of cessation is not so much being calmed down as suddenly being stopped. Sometimes gokpa refers to the final goal, the state of enlightenment, or freedom. However, in this case, gokpa is not regarded as the final goal; instead, it simply means that temporarily problems have been prevented. We have been able to cut through them, to cut them down. Having cut unnecessary garbage, we are able to develop real living sanity and to let that shine through.
>From THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING, page 75.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Rocks and Pinetrees Speak for Us
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April 27, 2009
ROCKS AND PINETREES SPEAK FOR US
Along with summer's drum, we produce occasional thundershowers, wet and dry
messages:
We are not shy, We are so proud -
We can make a wound in a pine tree and it bleeds sap, and courts us, in
spite of the setting sun's shadow,
They bend and serve so graciously, whether dead or alive.
We love our pines and rocks;
They are not covered with the superstitious setting-sun chemical manure of
this and that.
We are so proud of the sky that we produce on our horizon.
Our stars twinkle and wink as if they know us,
We have no problem of recognition.
Our rocks and pinetrees speak for us.
Poem by Chogyam Trungpa. Published in EARTH PRAYERS. Source unknown.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Deeper Sense of Freedom
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April 20, 2009
A DEEPER SENSE OF FREEDOM
In working with yourself, you start with the outer form; then that outer form brings an inner feeling; and finally that inner feeling brings a deeper sense of freedom. So it is a threefold process. This same process could apply to anything you do. In the beginning, it is mostly a big hassle; in the middle, it is sometimes a hassle and sometimes it is natural; then finally it becomes natural. With sitting practice as well: first it is a struggle; at some stage it is both a struggle and a relief; and finally, it is very easy. It's like putting on a new ring; for the first few days it feels like it is in the way; but eventually it becomes a part of your hand.
From Chapter Seven, "Meditation as the Path to Buddhahood" in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, page 73. Order your copy at:
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Being Meticulous Is Not Based on Fear
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April 18, 2009
BEING METICULOUS IS NOT BASED ON FEAR
Cessation and salvation come to you as you become a reasonable person. You become reasonable and meticulous because you cease to be sloppy and careless. Therefore, there is a sense of relief. Meticulousness is exemplified by oryoki practice, a formal style of serving and eating food that has its origins in Zen Buddhism. In this practice you are aware of everything that is being done, every move. At the same time, you are not uptight, for once you become self-conscious, you begin to forget the oryoki procedures. This logic also applies to keeping your room tidy, taking care of your clothing, taking care of your lifestyle altogether. Being meticulous is not based on fear; it is based on natural mindfulness.
From Chapter Seven, "Meditation as the Path to Buddhahood" in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and the Path of Liberation, page 72. Order your copy at:
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