[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Spiritual Atomic Bomb

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

[Note: I will be away from my desk from December 6 until January 3rd. I 
have left  quotes to be sent out in my absence. However, from December 16 
to January 3rd, there will be some interruption in sending out the quotes. 
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December 13, 2006

A SPIRITUAL ATOMIC BOMB

Padmasambhava [who brought Buddhism to Tibet] developed an approach for 
communicating with future generations. In relation to a lot of his 
writings, he thought, "These words may not be important at this point, but 
I am going to write them down and bury them in the mountains of Tibet." And 
he did so. He thought, "Someone will discover them later and find them 
extraordinarily mind-blowing. Let them have a good time then." This was a 
unique approach. Gurus nowadays think purely in terms of the effect they 
might have now. They do not consider trying to have a powerful effect on 
the future. But Padmasambhava thought, "If I leave an example of my 
teaching behind, even if people of future generations do not experience my 
example, just hearing my words alone could cause a spiritual atomic bomb to 
explode in a future time." Such an idea was unheard-of. It is a very 
powerful thing.

 From CRAZY WISDOM, page 57.

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

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