Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy. Chogyam Trungpa More Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa More Quotes From Chogyam Trungpa Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness. Chogyam Trungpa buddhist compassion real Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no authentic Tantra without profound commitment, discipline, courage, and a sense of wild, foolhardy, fearless abandon. Chogyam Trungpa buddhist spiritual commitment The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity. Chogyam Trungpa views helping people When we clean up after ourselves, we have nothing to blame. When we begin to live our lives in that way, cleaning up after ourselves, what is left is further vision and further openness, which leads to cleaning up the rest of the world. Chogyam Trungpa vision way world Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea. Chogyam Trungpa sadness pain heart Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see. Chogyam Trungpa falling-in-love vision mind Luxury is experiencing reality Chogyam Trungpa luxury reality When you experience your wisdom and the power of things as they are, together, as one, then you have access to tremendous vision and power in the world. You find that you are inherently connected to your own being. That is discovering magic. Chogyam Trungpa magic vision together Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly. Chogyam Trungpa awake becoming confusion We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it. Chogyam Trungpa peaceful intelligent pride I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.' This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that being alone is a very beautiful thing. Nobody is obstructing our vision. We have complete panoramic vision. Chogyam Trungpa real spiritual beautiful when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not on the way to somewhere. Or rather, one is on the way and one is also at the destination at the same time. That is really what meditation is for. Chogyam Trungpa meditation rose time The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not afraid or that, if someone hits you, you will hit him back. But we aren't talking about that street-fighter level of fearlessness. Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. Chogyam Trungpa real heart mean Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being. Chogyam Trungpa technique self mind The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. Chogyam Trungpa eye spiritual heart Nowness or the magic of the present moment is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present Chogyam Trungpa magic moments past Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news! Chogyam Trungpa chaos news should Meditation Chogyam Trungpa queens simple kings You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life. Chogyam Trungpa improving accepting responsibility Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle. Chogyam Trungpa warrior accepting way