From cgimian at suchns.com Wed Nov 2 16:41:27 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Wed Nov 2 16:45:20 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Elegance Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051028113351.01668940@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 2, 2005 ELEGANCE Elegance here means appreciating things as they are. Things as you are and things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners. If there are any dark, mysterious corners, black and confusing, you override them with your glory, your sense of beauty, your sense of cleanness, your feeling of being regal. Because you can override fearfulness in this way, tantra [or the highest stage in Tibetan Buddhist practice] is known as the king of all the yanas [stages on the path]. You take an attitude of having perfectly complete and very rich basic sanity. From THE LION'S ROAR: An Introduction to Tantra, page 46. Edited by Sherab Chodzin. 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 3,589 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 Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications, the Archive of his unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.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 Nov 5 16:45:47 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Nov 5 16:45:59 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: It's Your World Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051103212657.03b86ce8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 5, 2005 IT'S YOUR WORLD As you move along the [Buddhist] path, you have a feeling of particular locations. You are traveling through a dense forest or through heavy snow; you are climbing mountains or crossing fields; you encounter rainstorms and snowstorms. You have to stop each night to eat and sleep, and so on. All those experiences make up your journey. In a sense we could say that the rainstorms are your rainstorms, the snowstorms are your snowstorms, and the dense forests are your dense forests. It's your world. As you move through the nine yanas, [the stages on the path], it is yourself that you are rediscovering -- more and more clearly. From THE LION'S ROAR: An Introduction to Tantra, page 62. Edited by Sherab Chodzin. 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 3,597 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 Nov 8 12:35:10 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Tue Nov 8 12:35:25 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Constant Change Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051103213152.03b86ce8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 8, 2005 CONSTANT CHANGE We die so that we can be reborn. We are born so that we can die. Blossoms bloom in the spring so that there will be seeds in the autumn. Then the winter gives the seeds time to adapt to the soil. Then spring comes again. Having settled down into the ground, after their hibernation, the seeds are reawakened. Then the plants grow, and there are more seeds. Then another spring comes, another summer comes, another autumn comes, and so forth. Things change constantly, always. From THE LION'S ROAR: An Introduction to Tantra, page 80. Edited by Sherab Chodzin. 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TO SUBSCRIBE visit the Chogyam Trungpa website at http://chogyamtrungpa.com OR go to http://oceanofdharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Thu Nov 10 21:08:51 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Thu Nov 10 21:16:25 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Warriors Die and Are Born Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051108161456.03c9bbf8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 11, 2005 November 11 is Veteran's Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. This poem is offered in reflection on this day. WARRIOR DIE AND ARE BORN Warriors die and are born. So do swallows die and are born. In this blue sky-- Sun shines, Moon sets, Anything could happen. May the rhododendrons never die. Juniper should not die. I will die one day, Maybe without knowing. "Child's Concept of Death," in WARRIOR SONGS, Trident Publications, 1991. 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 3,612 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 Nov 8 15:24:25 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Mon Nov 14 10:24:06 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Boredom and Compassion Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051108162118.03c9bbf8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 14, 2005 BOREDOM AND COMPASSION One of the biggest problems is that we are unable to develop compassion or a sympathetic attitude toward our projections, let alone toward things outside our projections -- other people other life situations. We can't even take a sympathetic attitude toward ourselves and our own projections, and that causes a lot of frustration and complications. That is the whole point we are trying to deal with here. The boredom of meditation demands your attention; in other words, the boredom becomes the sympathetic environment in relation to which you can develop compassion. In that boredom you have no choice but to relate directly to what is happening to you. From THE LION'S ROAR: An Introduction to Tantra, page 98. Edited by Sherab Chodzin. 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 3,615 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20051108/9fb8a9c4/attachment.html From cgimian at suchns.com Fri Nov 18 11:17:51 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Fri Nov 18 11:18:04 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Being Open to the Glimpse Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051118121052.03244388@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week November 18, 2005 BEING OPEN TO THE GLIMPSE Student: In meditation, how does one get glimpses of clarity? Chogyam Trungpa: In a sense you can create a glimpse by being open to the situation -- open meaning without fear of anything, complete experience. A glimpse just takes place; it takes shape of its own and sparks us. But in many cases, when a person tries to recreate that glimpse he or she had already, that sudden flash, it doesn't happen at all. The more you try, the less experience you get -- you don't experience open space at all. And the minute you are just about to give up, to give in and not care -- you get a sudden flash.... So if you try to recapture an experience, it doesn't happen -- unless you have an absence of fear and the complete confidence that these experiences don't have to be recreated, but they are there already. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, pages 40-41. 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 3,637 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 Nov 21 06:50:34 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Mon Nov 21 06:48:41 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Constant Act of Freedom Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051120083316.031e4788@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see special offer for RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA below November 21, 2005 A CONSTANT ACT OF FREEDOM Actual meditation practice is a constant act of freedom in the sense of being without expectation, without a particular goal, aim, and object. But as you practice meditation, as you go along with the technique, you begin to discover your present state of being. That is, we could almost say, a by-product of meditation. From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, page 42. 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 provides evidence for just how wide ranging Trungpa Rinpoche?s influence was 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 his 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 his 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 3,643 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 Thu Nov 24 06:43:20 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Thu Nov 24 06:41:31 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Let Us Develop Gentleness Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051122232529.032d80b8@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week A Thanksgiving Quote November 24, 2005 LET US DEVELOP GENTLENESS Let us ride our horse of confidence Let us use our bow and arrow of genuineness Let us develop gentleness, so we don't have to destroy the world Thanks to great warrior king Gesar Thanks to the goddess Manene Thanks to the only father guru Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen Thanks to my son Osel Mukpo who keeps me constantly gentle, with his gentle way Thanks to my uniforms from Gieves and Hawkes, Saville Row, London Thanks to my horse, Drala, kind and good and totally white Thanks to everybody who has a connection with me Let us raise the warrior's cry Ki Ki So So Ashe Lha Gyel Lo From "Falling in Love in Warriorship," an unpublished poem written 17 July 1982. 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 3,655 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 Nov 28 09:35:37 2005 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Mon Nov 28 09:37:57 2005 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Nothing Is Everything Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20051128102643.03336eb0@pop3.suchns.com> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week Please see special offer for RECALLING CHOGYAM TRUNGPA below November 28, 2005 NOTHING IS EVERYTHING Student: I don't understand what emptiness means. Chogyam Trungpa: When we talk of emptiness, it means the absence of solidity, the absence of fixed notions which cannot be changed, which have no relationship to us at all but which remain as they are, separate. Form, in this case, is more the solidity of experience. In other words, it is a certain kind of determination not to give away, not to open. We would like to keep everything intact purely for the purpose of security, of knowing where we are. You are afraid to change. That sort of solidness is form. So "form is empty" is the absence of that security; you see everything as penetrating and open. But that doesn't mean that everything has to be completely formless, or nothing. When we talk of nothingness, emptiness, or voidness, we are not talking in terms of negatives but in terms of nothingness being everything. It's another way of saying "everything" -- but it is much safer to say "nothing" at that particular level than "everything." From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by Judith Lief, pages 50-51. 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 3,667 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