[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Contemplative Approach

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

July 29, 2009

A CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH

According to the ideas of my teacher, Jamgon Kongtrul, the only way 
to develop spiritual discipline is to accept chaos as well as 
orderliness. His suggestions are very profound and totally 
ecumenical. To develop genuine spirituality, one has to be dedicated 
to a contemplative approach, a meditative approach. That doesn't mean 
that everybody on this earth has to sit on a meditation cushion....We 
are not talking in terms of being good meditators. We are talking 
about actually, personally being able to identify with what you've 
studied, what you've heard, what you've learned, what you've read. It 
is bringing all of this into your personal experience.

 From Talk One of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar, Boulder, 
Colorado, November 1974.

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