From cgimian at suchns.com Sat Dec 2 08:08:53 2006 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Dec 2 08:09:03 2006 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Bodhisattva's Fearlessness Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20061202090048.01766648@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 2, 2006 THE BODHISATTVA'S FEARLESSNESS Student: Could you explain more of what you mean by being a warrior or a soldier on the path? Chogyam Trungpa: Being a warrior is not necessarily being a soldier, but it is being fearless and willing to trod on the path.....It is not that you are unafraid of enemies or fearless towards certain particular things. It's different than saying, "I'm not afraid of rattlesnakes. I'm not afraid of dogs." That's very dualistic, a special kind of adolescent approach, a boyish approach to growing into manhood. When we talk about basic warriorship here, we are talking about being a bodhisattva [someone who has taken a vow to put others before him or herself], someone who's willing to include everything and willing to work with everything without any fear. Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness. From "Bodhisattva and Paramita," Talk Nine of THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST PATH, the first seminar given by Chogyam Trungpa at the Naropa Institute, Summer, 1974. Unpublished. Of interest to readers: For continuing reports on the activities of the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project, see the blog at ChogyamTrungpa.com All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 4,887 subscribers. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. Carolyn Rose Gimian 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 Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications, the Archive of his unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.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 click on the following link: http://OceanofDharma.com. The Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project is now at ChogyamTrungpa.com. From cgimian at suchns.com Tue Dec 5 08:05:46 2006 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Tue Dec 5 08:08:37 2006 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Smile at Fear Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20061204224712.03895d00@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week [Note: I will be away from my desk from December 6 until January 3rd. I have left quotes to be sent out in my absence. However, from December 16 to January 3rd, there will be some interruption in sending out the quotes. I hope to send a few from the road. Wishing you all a good end of year. Ocean of Dharma will return in "full force" in January. Carolyn Gimian, Moderator] December 5, 2006 SMILE AT FEAR When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when you see fear, you smile. From "Mirrorlike Wisdom," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: THE WISDOM OF SHAMBHALA, page 75. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 4,901 subscribers. Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn@shambhala.com. Carolyn Rose Gimian 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 by clicking on the following link: http://OceanofDharma.com From cgimian at suchns.com Sat Dec 9 06:54:22 2006 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Sat Dec 9 06:55:05 2006 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: CRAZY WISDOM Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20061205201642.039dbcc8@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week [Note: I will be away from my desk from December 6 until January 3rd. I have left quotes to be sent out in my absence. However, from December 16 to January 3rd, there will be some interruption in sending out the quotes. I hope to send a few from the road. Wishing you all a good end of year. Ocean of Dharma will return in "full force" in January. Carolyn Gimian, Moderator] December 9, 2006 CRAZY WISDOM The spiritual force of Padmasambhava [who brought Buddhism to Tibet] is a direct message that no longer knows any question. It just happens. There is no room for interpretations. There is no room for making a home out of this. There is just spiritual energy going on that is real dynamite....Can you imagine being hit by love and hate at the same time? In crazy wisdom, we are hit with compassion and wisdom at the same time, with a chance of analyzing them. There's no time to think; there's no time to work things out at all. It is THERE -- but at the same time, it isn't there. And at the same time, it is a big joke. From CRAZY WISDOM, pages 57 to 58. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 4,901 subscribers. 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In relation to a lot of his writings, he thought, "These words may not be important at this point, but I am going to write them down and bury them in the mountains of Tibet." And he did so. He thought, "Someone will discover them later and find them extraordinarily mind-blowing. Let them have a good time then." This was a unique approach. Gurus nowadays think purely in terms of the effect they might have now. They do not consider trying to have a powerful effect on the future. But Padmasambhava thought, "If I leave an example of my teaching behind, even if people of future generations do not experience my example, just hearing my words alone could cause a spiritual atomic bomb to explode in a future time." Such an idea was unheard-of. It is a very powerful thing. From CRAZY WISDOM, page 57. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 4,901 subscribers. 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Whatever you intend in the realm of mind, it happens. Imagine your enemy. You want to destroy your enemy, and you have developed all kinds of tactics for doing so, You have infinite imaginations about how to handle the destruction of that enemy. Imagine your friend. You have infinite inspirations about how to relate with your friend, how to make him or her feel good or better or richer....Man does exist; his intelligence does exist. This is entirely nontheistic.The approach of Padmasambhava [who brought Buddhism to Tibet] to magic was on this nontheistic level. Lightning happens because it does happen, rather than because there is any further why or who or what involved. It does happen. Flowers blossom because it happens, it is so. We cannot argue that there are no flowers. We cannot argue that no snow falls. It is so. It happens. From CRAZY WISDOM, pages 55 to 56. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. 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URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20061216/1bdc165c/attachment.html From cgimian at suchns.com Wed Dec 20 15:45:28 2006 From: cgimian at suchns.com (cgimian@suchns.com) Date: Wed Dec 20 15:45:33 2006 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Great Eastern Sun Message-ID: <20061220204528.HKVD29497.simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp8.sympatico.ca> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 20,2006 [Sent from on the road in Budapest, Hungary by moderator Carolyn Gimian. Apologies for any strange formatting. This message is being sent the day before the Winter Solstice.] GREAT EASTERN SUN Normally, when you see a brilliant light, that light comes from a finite source of energy. The brightness of a candle depends on how much wax surrounds it, and the thickness of the wick. The brightness of a light bulb depends on the electric current running through it. But the Great Eastern Sun is eternally blazing; it has no need of fuel. There actually is greater luminosity that occurs without fuel, without even a pilot light. Seeing the sacred world is witnessing that greater vision, which is there all the time. >From SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, page 141 of the Shambhala Library Edition. From cgimian at suchns.com Tue Dec 26 06:34:19 2006 From: cgimian at suchns.com (cgimian@suchns.com) Date: Tue Dec 26 06:34:31 2006 Subject: [OceanofDharma] The Challenge of Warriorship Message-ID: <20061226113419.VZNN25276.simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp8.sympatico.ca> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week December 26, 2006 (Today's quote is being sent from on the road in Lucca,Italy. Apologies for any formatting problems. Ciao from moderator Carolyn Gimian) THE CHALLENGE OF WARRIORSHIP The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is not magical because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but it is magical because it can BE so vividly, so brilliantly. However, the discovery of that magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. >From 'Sacred World' in SHAMBHALA THE SACRED PATH PF THE WARRIOR, pages 147 to 148 in the Shambhala Library Edition.