The genuine heart of sadness comes from feeling that your nonexistent heart is full. If you search for awakened heart, … More
Tag: Chogyam Trungpa
Work of a bodhisattva is without credentials
We each might have discovered some little truth, such as the truth about poetry or the truth about photography or … More
Being tender and raw is threatening
Sometimes people find that being tender and raw is threatening and seemingly exhausting. Openness seems demanding and energy-consuming, so they … More
Give yourself a break
Give yourself a break That doesn’t mean to say that you should drive to the closest bar and have lots … More
Do nothing
The method that the Buddha discovered is meditation. He discovered that struggling to find answers did not work. It was … More
Purpose of a spiritual practice
In this way we stop the war, and we can embrace our personal griefs and sorrows, joys and triumphs with … More
The greater the sanity we achieve
The greater the sanity we achieve, the more we find there are problems. As we become more perceptive, we begin … More
There is another way of existing
In everyday life, we habitually try to conceal the gaps in our experience of mind and body. These gaps are … More
The ground of fearlessness
The ground of fearlessness and the basis of overcoming doubt and wrong belief is to develop renunciation. Renunciation here means … More
Burden that I’m carrying all the time
Are you sure, though, that you are really experiencing pain, experiencing it in the fullest way? “Well, I’m not even … More
Fearlessness
Sometimes people find that being tender and raw is threatening and seemingly exhausting. Openness seems demanding and energy consuming, so … More
All the irritations are crucial
All the things taking place around our world, all the irritations and all the problems, are crucial. Without others we … More
Meditation
We have to know what we mean by meditation at all. Sometimes we use the word to mean emptying out … More
Basic goodness
Discovering real goodness comes from appreciating very simple experiences. We are not talking about how good it feels to make … More
Make the first move
We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from … More
Making a proper cup of tea
‘Real openness is a direct, immediate experience of your reality. It’s not just open mind; it’s open heart. And we … More
The key point of meditation
The key point of meditation is to develop sympathy for yourself. You could enjoy being yourself. You don’t have to … More
The way of false heroism
This is not to say that the point of the hard way is that we must be heroic. The attitude … More
Fundamental security
“Fundamental security comes from realizing that you have broken through something. You reflect back and realize that you used to … More
Meditation is providing space
In Buddhism, we express our willingness to be realistic through the practice of meditation. Meditation is not a matter of … More
