[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Talking Mirror

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

November 25, 2006

A TALKING MIRROR

Student: How does the development of a relationship between a man and a 
woman or a marriage relate to the spiritual path?

Chogyam Trungpa: You relate with a lot of people, including your husband or 
wife. I don't see any particular problems. At some point, your mate becomes 
a spokesman of the universe to you, because your mate or your friend has 
been with you for a long time, so they have knowledge of you from the 
inside out, roughly, somewhat. I think a marriage situation is extremely 
creative from that point of view. There is the sense of understanding that 
somebody is actually a talking mirror who minds your business.

 From "Bodhisattva and Paramita," Talk Nine of THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST PATH, a 
seminar at the Naropa Institute, Summer, 1974. Unpublished.

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