[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Willing to Be a Fool

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

May 14, 2007

WILLING TO BE A FOOL

There is lots of room to make mistakes. That's true, absolutely true. 
But such room for mistakes cannot be created unless there is 
surrendering, giving, some kind of opening. It cannot take place if 
there's no basis for it. However, if there is some basis --if we can 
give away our aggression or attempt to give it away, if we attempt to 
open up and strip away our territoriality and possessiveness -- then 
there is lots of room for making mistakes. That doesn't necessarily 
mean there is room for dramatic mistakes, but lots of little dribbles 
of mistakes can take place, which usually occur in any case -- we 
can't avoid it. We have to allow ourselves to realize that we are 
complete fools; otherwise, we have nowhere to begin. We have to be 
willing to be a fool and not always try to be a wise guy. We could 
almost say that being willing to be a fool in one of the first wisdoms.

 From "Wise Fool" in DHARMA ART, page 75.

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

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