[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Your Individual Mandala

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

[Of interest to subscribers: the Shambhala Sun Foundation has an 
auction underway that includes an original calligraphy by Chogyam 
Trungpa. It's rare that one becomes available. Please see information below.]

November 29, 2007

YOUR INDIVIDUAL MANDALA

In tantric iconography, in the set up of a mandala there are various 
guardian deities at different levels, and their duty is to set the 
boundary, or the wall of the mandala. That wall has four gates: east, 
west, south, and north. People are free to enter into the mandala 
from any direction, but before they come in, they should be processed 
or purified, cleansed of their obstacles. Then, when they come in, 
their visit will be worthwhile....Each person has to enter their own 
mandalas, on their own merit. Everybody has their own individual 
mandala situations, how they can enter their own buddhanature.

 From "Continuous Service: Working with the Mandala and the Echo 
Chamber," in  TRUE COMMAND: The Teachings of the Dorje Kasung, Volume 
One, pages 100 to 101. Trident Publications. Available from shambhalashop.com.
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All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week: teachings by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
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