[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Open Gap

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

September 8, 2007

THE OPEN GAP

The moment you wake up, the first thing in the morning, or when you 
have to struggle to swallow a big piece of meat, or when you have a 
gigantic sneeze -- there are always occasions where a gap occurs in 
your mind, where you can plant shamatha in your mind, in the form of 
mindfulness-awareness. It is not mindfulness in the sense of looking 
for danger: "Be careful. There might be trouble for you." It is not 
in that sense. It is simply mindfulness in the sense that there is 
openness, there is a gap; therefore you might as well be more 
wakeful. That moment of openness is an opportune situation for you.

 From "Mindfulness Discipline: Cutting the Root of Cause and Effect," 
in THE 1980 HINAYANA-MAHAYANA TRANSCRIPTS, page 24.

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

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