Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 30, 2009
[Ed. Note: Ocean of Dharma has been having a picnic this month. But summer is almost over....]
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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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Conquering the Hot Dog
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
August 26, 2009
[Ed. Note: It's summer, so Ocean of Dharma is having a picnic this month.]
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
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
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
[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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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Fish of Subconscious Gossip
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
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
[Ed. Note: It's summer, so Ocean of Dharma is having a picnic this month.]
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
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
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
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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
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
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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