[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Tension

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October 16, 2008

TENSION

Student: If you make a decision, it is going to bring you tension, 
because you don't know how it is going to work out, whether it's a 
good or bad decision. Do you just go along and accept it?

Chogyam Trungpa:  Ultimately, decisions don't come out in terms of 
yes and no, black and white. The ultimate answer, so to speak, would 
say you're right, but at the same time you are wrong. [Understanding 
that,] releases tension, the ultimate tension. If you are involved 
with something and if you reject or accept it absolutely, one hundred 
percent, then the tension is going to remain all the time. There is 
no way of solving the problem of tension by making black-and-white 
decisions, in other words. The only way of transcending that tension 
is through the acceptance of all aspects.Nothing is going to be a 
magic sedative. But strangely enough, once you begin to accept that, 
then half of the problem has been solved.

 From "The Bardo of Dreams," in TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE 
OF THE SIX BARDOS, page109.


Of interest to readers:

Emacs!
     Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, prominent Buddhist teacher and the 
author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist, will be teaching a public 
seminar in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 28 to 30. Rinpoche will 
comment on Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos, 
Chogyam Trungpa's book on the bardo states and the six realms. 
Khyentse Rinpoche's dynamic style and brilliant intellect, as well as 
his deep appreciation for Chogyam Trungpa's teachings, are sure to 
make this a memorable weekend.

The program begins Friday evening, November 28, and runs until the 
afternoon of Nov. 30. For more information on registration, phone 
902-420-1118, x 10, or go to: 
http://www.halifax.shambhala.org/eventdetails.php?id=2764

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.
Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications,  the Archive of 
his unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.
TO SUBSCRIBE visit the website at http://oceanofdharma.com
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