From cgimian at suchns.com Thu Dec 1 13:02:07 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Thu Dec 1 13:04:20 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Healthy Openness Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051201093625.03799970@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see "What Our Readers Say" for November below December 1, 2005 HEALTHY OPENNESS Student: Sometimes you can't be generous without harming either yourself or both yourself and the other person. Chogyam Trungpa: The general idea is that, if you open yourself to what the given situation is, then you see its completely naked quality. You don't have to put up a defensive mechanism anymore, because you see through it and you know exactly what to do. You just deal with things, rather than defending yourself. S: But then the feeling might be that you have to refuse somebody. CT: Sure, yes. Openness doesn't necessarily mean that you have to make yourself available to the other person all the time. Openness is knowing the situation -- if it's healthy and helpful to the other person to involve yourself with them or if it is more healthy not to involve yourself, if showing this kind of commitment is not healthy for the other person. It works both ways. Openness doesn't mean you have to take everything in at all; you have a right to reject or accept -- but when you reject you don't close your self; you reject the situation. Whether you accept or reject it depends on whether it's a healthy situation for the other person or not; it's not purely what they want. Openness doesn't mean that you are doing purely what the other person wants. Their wantingness may not be particularly accurate....So you just work along with what's valuable there. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, pages 89-90. WHAT OUR READERS SAY This month, we offer one reader's comment from November, rather than a large selection. C.H. wrote, under the subject heading "Coincidences": Good morning from Australia. As you go into winter, our days grow longer and dawn is earlier. I get up with the sun and go to my email before coming back to bed to read and talk in preparation for our morning meditation. Your mail comes overnight, awaiting me, as my reply will fly though your night to await your opening, later in my day but at the beginning of yours. For the last few weeks my partner V. has been re-reading The Lions Roar, and almost simultaneously your quotes start to come from that source. I think about you in Canada, it is the middle of the night and you are most probably sleeping, but the net of 'mind meeting' is energetically casting its web, bringing us all together in our different continents and time-zones. I visualize the thousands of other subscribers to the quotes, scattered all over the world as small sparks of light all interconnected by the energy of Trungpa. I send my love and wishes for your happiness, C.H. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,702 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Mon Dec 5 07:05:14 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Mon Dec 5 07:05:23 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Freedom Is Generosity Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051205075956.01636fc0@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see special offer for RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA below December 5, 2005 FREEDOM IS GENEROSITY Student: You mentioned the word freedom several times. Would you define it for us? Chogyam Trungpa: Freedom is the possibility of being generous. You can afford to open yourself and walk on the path easily -- without defending yourself or watching yourself or being self-conscious all the time. It is the absence, of ego, the absence of self-consciousness. That is ultimate freedom. The absence of self-consciousness brings generosity. You don't have to watch for dangers or be careful that you are going too far or too slow. It is the confidence which is freedom, rather than breaking free from chains of imprisonment, exactly. Developing confidence and breaking out of psychological, internal imprisonment brings freedom naturally. In other words, it is generosity. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, page 102. SPECIAL OFFER: Ocean of Dharma readers may be interested in RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, a new title from Shambhala Publications. Compiled and edited by Fabrice Midal. To order at a 20% discount, go to Shambhala.com or ChogyamTrungpa.com This book examines Chogyam Trungpa's far-ranging influence on the spiritual and cultural discourse of our time?and how it continues. It includes appreciative essays by forty figures from the many worlds where his influence was felt, among them: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Chogyam Trungpa as pioneer Jack Kornfield on the inspiring influence of Trungpa Rinpoche as a beloved friend and respected benefactor Pema Ch?dr?n on Trungpa Rinpoche's founding of a Western Buddhist monastic tradition Reginald A. Ray on Trungpa as a modern exemplar of the ancient tantric ideal Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on Chogyam Trungpa's Shambhala teachings of spiritual warriorship Anne Waldman on his poetry and his engagement with avant-garde poets and writers Meredith Monk on how his Dharma Art teachings inspired her work as a performance artist Bernie Glassman on Trungpa as a role model in his emphasis on the creation of an enlightened society Other contributors include Gehlek Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Judith Lief, Francesca Fremantle, Charles Prebish, Traleg Rinpoche and many others. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,713 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Fri Dec 9 18:51:54 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Fri Dec 9 18:52:09 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: With Boredom Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051209194229.015cd018@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 9, 2005 [Here in Nova Scotia, it's a cold snowy night, first of the winter season. With the shortest day of the year approaching up north, I thought this poem might be appropriate to share. It was originally sent to delegates attending a conference of meditation centers founded by Chogyam Trungpa.] With Boredom the Kingdom Is Realized Natural dust is regarded as too ordinary; Extraordinary dust is regarded as special. When the teachings are presented in America, we feel that there is both natural and special dust. Our Dharmadhatus [Meditation Centers] experience both flesh and blood, But they have never heard of sweat and tears; As teacher and practitioner, I regard my journey as the journey of tears and sweat: Never give in, never give out. I feel good that I don't linger in everyday-life boredom; I let myself be bored not doing anything at all, Whether I am in my sitting room or bedroom: Not reading the newspaper, Not watching the latest television report, Letting myself be bored amongst fresh breaths of fresh air. I take my boredom as goodness, without substituting anything. I remain bored and good and loyal to all of you; May my boredom have an effect on you. Good meditation conference of the vajra [indestructible] kingdom can only be founded on rock -- Witnessed by a bored person. I take pride in that. Let us sit and practice; Let us expel those who are looking for entertainment; Boredom is a jewel: so profound and brilliant. Thanks to our heritage, our lineage. Let us have the fortune to say that we rejoice as the Great Eastern Sun arises. With boredom, with dignity. Boredom to you all! Let us have bleeding boredom! Good Morning! An unpublished poem, written October 15, 1979. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,722 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Tue Dec 13 08:50:33 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Tue Dec 13 08:50:44 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The World Is Your Body Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051213094427.03b95868@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see special offer for RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA below December 13, 2005 THE WORLD IS YOUR BODY Student: Could you discuss our relationship to our body? Is it important to be concerned with diet or yogic practices or breathing exercises? Chogyam Trungpa: In connection with what? Student: In connection with learning to see what is. Chogyam Trungpa: Well, body doesn't have to be special. The whole world is your body. There's a tendency to view the body as your private possession. And because of that, you tend to forget the rest of the world and the greater orbit of experience involved with that. If a person is able to relate with the world, he is also able to relate with the body. And if a person is able to relate with the body thoroughly, then that person also would learn how to open to the world. It's sort of an arbitrary thing: fundamentally, relationship to body is relationship to things, objects, that aspect of solidity which continues everywhere in the world, constantly. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, page 120-121. SPECIAL OFFER: Ocean of Dharma readers may be interested in RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, a new title from Shambhala Publications. Compiled and edited by Fabrice Midal. To order at a 20% discount, go to Shambhala.com or ChogyamTrungpa.com This book examines Chogyam Trungpa's far-ranging influence on the spiritual and cultural discourse of our time?and how it continues. It includes appreciative essays by forty figures from the many worlds where his influence was felt, among them: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Chogyam Trungpa as pioneer Jack Kornfield on the inspiring influence of Trungpa Rinpoche as a beloved friend and respected benefactor Pema Ch?dr?n on Trungpa Rinpoche's founding of a Western Buddhist monastic tradition Reginald A. Ray on Trungpa as a modern exemplar of the ancient tantric ideal Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on Chogyam Trungpa's Shambhala teachings of spiritual warriorship Anne Waldman on his poetry and his engagement with avant-garde poets and writers Meredith Monk on how his Dharma Art teachings inspired her work as a performance artist Bernie Glassman on Trungpa as a role model in his emphasis on the creation of an enlightened society Other contributors include Gehlek Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Judith Lief, Francesca Fremantle, Charles Prebish, Traleg Rinpoche and many others. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,737 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Sat Dec 17 20:11:35 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Dec 17 20:11:47 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Battle of Ego Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051217210718.016025c0@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see special offer for RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA below December 17, 2005 THE BATTLE OF EGO Student: The desire of ego to be fulfilled -- how does one liberate those desires of fulfillment that ego presents? Chogyam Trungpa: It seems that trying to fulfill is another escape -- equally the same as trying to suppress. Generally there is a conflict between you and your experiences, your desires. It is a kind of game between ego and its extensions. Sometimes ego tries to overpower the projections, and sometimes the projections try to overpower ego -- that kind of battle goes on all the time. So the point is to see that battle as it is, rather than fulfill the desires or try to suppress them. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, page 141. SPECIAL OFFER: Ocean of Dharma readers may be interested in RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, a new title from Shambhala Publications. Compiled and edited by Fabrice Midal. To order at a 20% discount, go to Shambhala.com or ChogyamTrungpa.com This book examines Chogyam Trungpa's far-ranging influence on the spiritual and cultural discourse of our time?and how it continues. It includes appreciative essays by forty figures from the many worlds where his influence was felt, among them: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Chogyam Trungpa as pioneer Jack Kornfield on the inspiring influence of Trungpa Rinpoche as a beloved friend and respected benefactor Pema Ch?dr?n on Trungpa Rinpoche's founding of a Western Buddhist monastic tradition Reginald A. Ray on Trungpa as a modern exemplar of the ancient tantric ideal Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on Chogyam Trungpa's Shambhala teachings of spiritual warriorship Anne Waldman on his poetry and his engagement with avant-garde poets and writers Meredith Monk on how his Dharma Art teachings inspired her work as a performance artist Bernie Glassman on Trungpa as a role model in his emphasis on the creation of an enlightened society Other contributors include Gehlek Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Judith Lief, Francesca Fremantle, Charles Prebish, Traleg Rinpoche and many others. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,752 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Wed Dec 21 08:52:38 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Wed Dec 21 08:53:00 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Take Care of Your Child Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051221093919.01662ca0@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Audio Broadcast of Talk by Chogyam Trungpa to Children: See Below December 21, 2005 TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILD Many traditions celebrate holidays during this time of year that honor the importance of children and family. In the Shambhala community, this holiday is called Children's Day and is celebrated on the solstice. Today's quote is from an unpublished novel by Chogyam Trungpa on the kingdom of Shambhala. This is a speech by the Queen, Her Majesty Ocean Sun, addressing one of the officials of the realm: Her Majesty responded with a poem: Take care of your child. Take pride in our Shambhala vision. You will never be an orphan. Someone, somewhere will take care of you. Welcome to the Shambhala world. From THE MEMOIRS OF SIR NYIMA SANGPO, W.O.D.S., Volume One, page 52. Unpublished novel. Wishing you a cheerful solstice season, however you choose to celebrate it! AUDIO BROADCAST INFO: Chronicles Radio Presents: A talk by Ch?gyam Trungpa Rinpoche to sangha children in Boulder, Colorado in 1978. This talk and the discussion that follows are very sweet and quite wonderful to hear -- great for children and adults alike. To hear this talk go to: http://www.chronicleproject.com/talk_1.html All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,752 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Sat Dec 24 08:00:02 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Dec 24 08:00:11 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Question of Heart Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051224075121.015fe518@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Audio Broadcast of Talk by Chogyam Trungpa to Children: See Below December 24, 2005 A QUESTION OF HEART As warriors, we should have a soft heart. That is what the world needs. The heart of warriorship is also fearlessness. Having a heart at all is based on being fearless and manifesting a sense of warriorship. When we talk about becoming a warrior, we are not talking about conducting warfare, but we're talking about manifesting fearlessness and gentleness that can save the world. From "A Question of Heart," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: THE WISDOM OF SHAMBHALA, page 191. Wishing you a cheerful season, however you choose to celebrate it! AUDIO BROADCAST INFO: Chronicles Radio Presents: A talk by Ch?gyam Trungpa Rinpoche to children in Boulder, Colorado in 1978. A gift for children and adults alike. To hear this talk go to: http://www.chronicleproject.com/talk_1.html All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,756 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Wed Dec 28 12:17:58 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Wed Dec 28 12:18:10 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Confusion as Our Occupation Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051228131344.03747eb8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 28, 2005 CONFUSION AS OUR OCCUPATION We are willing to stick to confusion as our occupation and make it a habitual pattern of everyday life. In fact, that seems to be one of the main occupations of ego, because confusion provides a tremendously stable ground to sink into. Confusion also provides a tremendous way of occupying oneself. That seems to be one of the reasons there is a continual fear of giving up or surrendering. Stepping into the open space of the meditative state of mind seems to be very irritating. Because we are quite uncertain how to handle that wakeful state, therefore we would rather run back to our own prison than be released from our prison cell. So confusion and suffering have become an occupation, often quite a secure or delightful situation. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, page 202. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,764 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Sat Dec 31 10:58:41 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Dec 31 10:58:53 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: New Year's Eve/ New Year's Day Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051231115240.03752e30@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 31, 2005 Here are two poems by Chogyam Trungpa, offered to Ocean of Dharma readers for the end of the year and beginning of the New Year. Wishing you a prosperous and cheerful New Year. NEW YEAR'S EVE Drunken elephant -- Catching mirage by net; In the mirror of my mind I comb my hair With the brush of samsaric absurdity. NEW YEAR'S DAY Natural Sanctuary without Shrine Dancer and singer are beautiful. Sun and moon are bright. Antelope and deer are composed. Tulip is so beautiful. Rose grows without being told. We as human beings develop without being told: Some of us tell ourselves we are good; some that we are bad. Natural dignity need never be told. Natural goodness is. That is-ness never needs to be told or taught to anybody Good for Shambhala vision! We never run out of vision. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 3,774 subscribers. 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 Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com