[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Full Moon in Your Heart

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

April 19, 2007

FULL MOON IN YOUR HEART

The teacher, or the spiritual friend, enters your system much as medicine 
is injected into your veins. According to the tradition, this is known as 
planting the heart of enlightenment in your heart. It is transplanting the 
full moon into your heart.  Can you imagine the full moon coming through 
your living room window and coming closer and suddenly entering your heart? 
On the one hand, unless you are terribly resentful, usually it is a 
tremendous relief: "Phew. The full moon has entered my heart." That's 
great, wonderful. On the other hand, however, when that particular full 
moon has entered into your heart, when it's transplanted into your heart, 
you might have a little panic. "Good heavens, what have I done? There's a 
moon in my heart. What am I going to do with it? It's too shiny!" By the 
way, once that moon has entered your heart, it cannot be a waning moon. It 
never wanes. It is always waxing.

 From Talk Two of "Warriorship in the Three Yanas," an unpublished seminar, 
Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, August, 1978.

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

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