Quotes Tagged ‘Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’

“If a person can really relate to the simplicity of the practice of meditation, then automatically there is an absence of aggression. Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, be friends with yourself. Then thoughts, emotions, whatever occurs in the mind, constantly accentuate the act of making friends with yourself.”

by Chogyam Trungpa from Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Tags: simplicity, nonaggression, relaxation, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

“Awareness is not something that needs to be manufactured: when there is a gap, awareness enters into us. So awareness does not require a certain particular effort. Such an effort is unnecessary. Awareness is like a wind. If you open your doors and windows, it is bound to come in.”

by Chogyam Trungpa from The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation
Tags: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation, Chogyam Trungpa