[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Unconditional Cheerfulness

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

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April 13, 2008


UNCONDITIONAL CHEERFULNESS

Transplanting the moon of wakefulness into your heart and the sun of 
wisdom into your head can be natural and obvious. It is not so much 
trying to look for the bright side of life and using that side of 
things as a stepping stone, but it is discovering unconditional 
cheerfulness, which has no other side. It is just one side, one 
taste. From that, the natural sense of goodness begins to dawn in 
your heart.  Therefore, whatever we experience, whatever we see, 
whatever we hear, whatever we think -- all those activities begin to 
have some sense of holiness or sacredness in them. The world is full 
of hospitality at that point. Sharp corners begin to dissolve and the 
darkness begins to be uplifted in our lives. That kind of goodness is 
unconditionally good, and at that point, we become a decent human 
being and a warrior. Such an approach has to be accompanied by the 
sitting practice of meditation. The practice of meditation acts as a 
training ground and stronghold. Out of that, the seed of friendliness 
begins to occur. The main point is to appreciate your world. That 
kind of world is known as the vajra, or indestructible, world. It is 
a cheerful world. It never becomes too good or too bad.



 From OCEAN OF DHARMA: The Everyday Wisdom of Chogyam Trungpa. 365 
Teachings on Living Life with Courage and Compassion. Number 98. 
[Unpublished excerpt from Talk Five of Warriorship in the Three 
Yanas. August 1978, Rocky Mountain Dharma Center.]

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