From cgimian at suchns.com Fri Mar 2 10:29:04 2007 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Fri Mar 2 10:29:10 2007 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Beyond Facing Ourselves Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20070302111541.02a6bd00@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week March 2, 2007 BEYOND FACING OURSELVES Once we decide to look at ourselves, we may experience ourselves as wretched, in the most profoundly degrading situations, or some of us may have brilliant and good situations happening, too. Whatever arises, we look at ourselves, either based on hope or fear, whatever there may be. The important point is looking at ourselves, finding ourselves, facing ourselves, giving up our privacy and inhibition. Once we have done that, we turn to the good side of things. We begin to realize that we have something in us which is fundamentally, basically good -- very good. It actually transcends the notion of good or bad. Something worthwhile, wholesome and healthy exists in us. But don't jump the gun and try to get ahold of that first. First, let's look. If we actually face ourselves properly and fully, we will find that something else exists there, something beyond facing ourselves. From Talk One of "Warriorship in the Three Yanas," an unpublished seminar given by Chogyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, August 22, 1978. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,101 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 Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications, the Archive of his unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20070302/2db90a3a/attachment.html From cgimian at suchns.com Mon Mar 5 08:50:04 2007 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Mon Mar 5 08:50:10 2007 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Fundamentally Awake Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20070305094003.03258c38@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week March 5, 2007 FUNDAMENTALLY AWAKE Something exists in us which is basically awake, as opposed to asleep. There is something intrinsically cheerful and fundamentally pride-worthy. It is intrinsic, which is to say: without conning ourselves into it. It is one-hundred-percent gold, beyond twenty-four carat. According to the Buddhist tradition, that is what is known as Buddha nature. In Sanskrit it is often referred to as tathagatagarbha, which means that the essence [garbha] of those who have already gone beyond, the tathagatas or buddhas, that essence exists in us. We take that attitude: that we ourselves are fundamentally awake. We ourselves are good already. It's not just potential. It's more than potential. From Talk One of "Warriorship in the Three Yanas," an unpublished seminar given by Chogyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, August 22, 1978. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,117 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20070305/f25951cb/attachment.html From cgimian at suchns.com Thu Mar 8 09:48:50 2007 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Thu Mar 8 09:48:58 2007 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Warrior's Philosophy Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20070305095244.032df6d8@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week March 8, 2007 WARRIOR"S PHILOSOPHY The starting point is acknowledging that some kind of goodness exists in us. It is necessary to take that arrogant attitude, positively speaking. There is some feeling of upliftedness. We are worthy people, and we have something going for us. We are not all that totally wretched. Of course, we do have the wretched aspect that we have to face and look at. That is absolutely necessary in order to realize the other part. But they don't actually interact as counterparts. It's simply that you go through your clouds, and then you see your sun. That is the basic approach, the basic idea we should take towards the worthiness of our existence. That, by the way, is the warrior's philosophy of looking at ourselves. From Talk One of "Warriorship in the Three Yanas," an unpublished seminar given by Chogyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, August 22, 1978. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. 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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,143 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Knowing one's own stupidity is, indeed, the first glimpse of prajna, very much so. The interesting point, however, is that we cannot consistently be stupid. Our stupidity is not all that well fortified. There are certain gaps in which we forget that we are stupid, that we are completely bewildered. Those glimpses, those gaps where we have some room -- definitely that is prajna. From "Very Practical Joke" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Pages 4-5. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,157 subscribers. 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URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20070318/922b7b36/attachment-0001.html From cgimian at suchns.com Wed Mar 21 09:49:59 2007 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Wed Mar 21 09:50:06 2007 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Crazy Monkey Mind Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20070321114558.0492bb28@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week March 21, 2007 CRAZY MONKEY MIND The mind is like a crazy monkey, which leaps about and never stays in one place. It is completely restless and constantly paranoid about its surroundings. The training, or the meditation practice, is a way to catch the monkey, to begin with. That is the starting point. Traditionally, this training is called shamatha in Sanskrit, or shi-ne in Tibetan, which means simply "the development of peace." When we talk about the development of peace, we are not talking about cultivating a peaceful state, as such, but about simplicity. From "Trapping the Monkey" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Page 72. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,178 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. 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Every experience we might go through has the potentiality of truth -- everything -- including the confusion. From "Beauty and Absurdity" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Page 89. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by permission. OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5,198 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mandala-designs.com/pipermail/oceanofdharma/attachments/20070325/0416c63a/attachment.html From cgimian at suchns.com Thu Mar 29 12:50:17 2007 From: cgimian at suchns.com (Carolyn Gimian) Date: Thu Mar 29 12:50:47 2007 Subject: [OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Making Friends with the Real World Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20070328231658.01a8d908@206.47.199.40> Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week March 29, 2007 MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE REAL WORLD [In the practice of meditation] having developed a sense of trust in oneself, slowly that expands its expression outward, and the world becomes a friendly world rather than a hostile world. You could say that you have changed the world: you have become the king or queen of the universe. On the other hand, you can't quite exactly say that, because the world has come towards you, to return your friendship. It tried all kinds of harsh ways to deal with you at the beginning, but finally the world and you begin to speak with each other, and the world becomes a real world, a completely real world, not at all an illusory world or a confused world. It is a real world. You begin to realize the reality of elements, the reality of time and space, the reality of emotions -- the reality of everything. From "Dynamic Stillness and Cosmic Absorption" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Page 99. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS: New from Vajradhatu Publications: THE TEACUP AND THE SKULL CUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Edited by Judith Lief and David Schneider. Getting rave reviews from both Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. 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