[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Unconditional Expression

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

September 26, 2008

UNCONDITIONAL EXPRESSION

We no longer regard a work of art as a gimmick or as confirmation. It 
is simply expression -- not even self expression, just expression. We 
could safely say that there is such a thing as unconditional 
expression that does not come from self or other. It manifests out of 
nowhere, like mushrooms in a meadow, like hailstones, like thundershowers.

 From "Heaven, Earth and Man," in The Art of Calligraphy. THE 
COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Seven, page 191. Also in 
the forthcoming volume TRUE PERCEPTION: THE PATH OF DHARMA ART.

OF INTEREST TO READERS: A new edition of DHARMA ART, containing 
additional material and a new introduction and preface, will be 
published by Shambhala Publications in November 2008. The book will 
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All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
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