[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: What Is a Warrior?

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

February 24, 2007

WHAT IS A WARRIOR?

Anyone who is interested in hearing the dharma [teachings], anyone who is 
interested in finding out about oneself, and anyone who is interested in 
practicing meditation is basically a warrior. The approach of cowardice is 
looking for some tremendous external help, whether it comes from the sky or 
from the earth. You are afraid of actually seeing yourself; therefore you 
use spirituality or religion as a seeming way of seeing yourself without 
looking directly at yourself at all. Basically, when people are embarrassed 
about themselves, there's no fearlessness involved. Therefore, anybody who 
is interesting in looking at oneself, finding out about oneself, and 
practicing on the spot could be regarded as a warrior.

 From Talk One of  "Warriorship in the Three Yanas," an unpublished seminar 
given by Chogyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, August 22, 1978.


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permission.

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