[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Enlightenment in New York

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

November 5, 2007

ENLIGHTENMENT IN NEW YORK

I had tremendous fun driving through New York City. A friend and I 
drove together in New York and we were constantly amazed at how much 
is going on there. That value doesn't have to be judged as either 
positive or negative, but it is just how things happen. It's a 
fantastic display. Trying to fall asleep in the morning, there were 
garbage trucks and tractors and sirens and people shouting. I was 
hearing everything through the window, which was also a fantastic 
experience. If only people just used what they had around them in 
their environment, there is already the working basis of enlightened 
society in how we can actually work with the situation. Often when we 
talk about enlightenment, it is how we can shut off any nuisances of 
any kind. That often seems to be people's idea. Even the 
misunderstanding of peace and tranquility is to go off, stop, 
altogether, close your eyes. That's become the problem.

From" Overcoming Habitual Patterns," in COLLECTED KALAPA ASSEMBLIES, page 267.

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

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