[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Truth of Awareness

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

June 28, 2008

THE TRUTH OF AWARENESS

The practice of meditation is not designed to develop pleasure, but 
to understand the truth of suffering; and in order to understand the 
truth of suffering, one also has to understand the truth of 
awareness. When true awareness takes place, suffering does not exist. 
Through awareness, suffering is somewhat changed in its perspective. 
It is not necessarily that you do not suffer, but the haunting 
quality that fundamentally you are in trouble is removed. It is like 
removing a splinter. It might hurt, and you might still feel pain, 
but the basic cause of that pain, the ego, has been removed.

 From THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: AND THE PATH OF LIBERATION, forthcoming 
from Shambhala Publications in April, 2009. Published in association 
with Vajradhatu Publications. Based on teachings given at the 
Vajradhatu Seminaries by Chogyam Trungpa. Edited by Judith Lief.

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

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