[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Open House

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

August 23, 2006

OPEN HOUSE

[From unpublished remarks at the opening of the first meditation center in 
Boulder, Colorado:]

This event is a proclamation of open house. Those who want to practice are 
invited to take part in meditation, to go through the pain, go through the 
bliss, whatever you experience.  Creating an open house situation is a 
gesture proclaiming that our aim and object are not related with dogma but 
on trying to encompass all areas of openness.  That knowledge can be found 
throughout the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism or Buddhism in general -- 
Sanskrit Buddhism, Pali Buddhism, or other schools of Buddhism.  Since it 
is known that all dharmas are marked with emptiness, therefore all dharma 
is marked with openness, at the same time.  There is tremendous room to 
work with chaos or confusion.

Excerpts from "The Ultimate Truth Is Fearless," the Opening Ceremony of the 
Karma Dzong Meditation Center, 1111 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 25 
February 1972.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by 
permission.

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