[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Unconditional Confidence

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

January 4, 2007

UNCONDITIONAL CONFIDENCE

Student: Would you say that unconditional confidence is the same as tenderness?

Chogyam Trungpa:  Yes, very much so. The unconditional confidence is the 
pragmatic aspect of that tenderness. It is the action arising from the 
softness. It is just like watching the sun rise. First, it is very feeble 
and one wonders whether it will make it. And then it shines and shines. 
Confidence is not arrogance or pride or anything like that. Confidence is a 
natural unfolding process. It's not a question of needing confidence or not 
needing it. It's naturally there.

 From "Basic Goodness," a talk to directors of Shambhala Training, January 
1978.

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

OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 4,945 subscribers.
Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE 
WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn at shambhala.com.

Carolyn Rose Gimian

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week: teachings by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications,  the Archive of his 
unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.
TO SUBSCRIBE visit the Chogyam Trungpa website by clicking on the following 
link: http://OceanofDharma.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.shambhala.com/pipermail/dharmaocean/attachments/20070104/28acfaf4/attachment.html