[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Brilliant Sunshine of Kindness

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

[Ogyen Trinley Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, arrives 
in Boulder, Colorado today, where he will give teachings to several 
thousand students. In honor of his first visit to America, this is offered: ]

May 24, 2008

THE BRILLIANT SUNSHINE OF KINDNESS

I am thankful for the splendor and magnificence of His Holiness the 
Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. His manifestation and existence are so 
fortunate and powerful for us in this dark age. The propagation of 
the Kagyu dharma, the lineage to which I belong, is always within his 
empire. The brilliant sunshine of His Holiness's kindness, as well as 
that of Khyentse Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche, [two other lineage 
holders with whom Chogyam Trungpa had a strong connection], has 
encouraged me in continuing my teaching in the Western world. Through 
their kindness they have acknowledged my transformation from a pebble 
to gold, and they have given me further responsibility as a lineage 
holder, vajracarya and vidyadhara, in the modern world, so that I can 
teach continuously and further the dharma of the Practice 
Lineages....With the blessings of the lineage, and because of my 
unyielding vow, there is obviously no choice.

 From "Foreword" in THE RAIN OF WISDOM: The Essence of the Ocean of 
True Meaning, page xii.


For photos, stories about the 16th Karmapa and reports on the visit 
of the 17th: http://www.chronicleproject.com/stories_99.html or go to 
http://karmapavisit.org


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

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