Saturday, April 9, 2022

Shambhala. The Sacred Path of the Warrior. By Chögyam Trungpa. Quotes VII

 -Tenderness and sadness, as well as gentleness, actually produce a sense of interest.

-You are so vulnerable that you cannot help being touched by your world. That is a sort of saving grace, or safety precaution, so that the warrior never goes astray and never grows a thick skin. 

-Every minute of every hour is a new chapter, a new page. 

-If you look back and trace back through your life, who your are, what you are, and why you are in this world, if you look through that step by step, you won't find any fundamental problems. 

-Not knowing the nature of fear, of course you cannot go beyond it. 

-The situations of fear that exist in our lives provide us with stepping stones to step over our fear. 

-On the other side of cowardice is bravery. 

-Tenderness contains an element of sadness. 

-In order to be a good warrior, one has to feel this sad and tender heart. 

-If a person does not feel alone and sad, he cannot be a warrior at all. 

-The warrior is sensitive to every aspect of phenomena -sight, smell, sound, feelings. He appreciates everything that goes on in this world as an artist does. His experience is full and extremely vivid. 

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