284 Quotes by Chögyam Trungpa

What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego’s strategy.

Gentle day’s flower – The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.

Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications – just the sudden glimpse itself.

It could manifest and grow like seeds planted throughout your life, so that life itself becomes the guru. The idea is that life becomes the teacher all the time. This seems to be one of the very important messages of Milarepa’s life.

It’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.

People’s creativity is very much alive, but when they get paid for their creativity, they often experience that as rather meaningless. Money as the reward for their creative process is very one-dimensional, a tremendous comedown.

The warrior is not afraid of space.

If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it’s irritatingly possible to get into it.

It’s all Ati. Now, let’s be practical.