Home / Authors / Chogyam Trungpa

Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

Teacher

Tibetan Buddhist teacher and a renowned spiritual mentor and meditation master. Born in Tibet, he later moved to India and North America, making significant contributions to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism and meditation culture in the Western world.

Filter quotes by topic

All Ifs World Way Situation Meditation Practice Humans Mean Trying Ego Feels People Spiritual Warrior Mind Enlightenment Path Process Realizing Should

Famous Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

“As well as making friends with yourself, fundamentally one should be cynical and critical. This doesn't mean that you should punish yourself, but you just attack the areas of ego's indulgence. At the same time, you continue the friendship with yourself.”

Should Wells Mean Ego Areas Critical Cynical Indulgence Making Friends

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.”

Should Humans Individual Language Human Beings Existence

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“We should see money in terms of the expenditure of energy and how we are going to transmute that energy into a proper use.”

Should Use Energy Term Expenditures

Book:Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness

Source: Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness

“Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.”

Should Path Shakes Delay

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Two: The Path Is the Goal; Training the Mind; Glimpses of Abhidharma; Glimpses of Shu nyata; Glimpses of Mahayana; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Two: The Path Is the Goal; Training the Mind; Glimpses of Abhidharma; Glimpses of Shu nyata; Glimpses of Mahayana; Selected Writings

“The ideal of warriorship is that the warrior should be sad and tender, and because of that, the warrior can be very brave as well.”

Should Wells Ideals Brave Warrior

Book:Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Source: Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!”

Should News Chaos Good News

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“But again and again, we should reflect back to the darkness of the cocoon. In order to inspire ourselves forward, we must look back to see the contrast with the place we came from. You see, we cannot reject the world of the cocoon - which out which we may create a new cocoon. When we see the suffering that occured in the old cocoon, that inspires us to go forward in our journey of warriorship. It is a journey that is unfolding within us.”

World Should Looks May Suffering Order Darkness Journey Inspire Comfort Zone Rejects Contrast Again And Again Comfort Zone Unfolding Cocoons

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“Meditation should not be regarded as a learning process. It should be regarded as an experiencing process. You should not try to learn from meditation but try to feel it. Meditation is an act of nonduality. The technique you are using should not be separate from you; it is you, you are the technique. Meditator and meditation are one. There is no relationship involved.”

Feels Should Trying Process Practice Meditation Involved Technique Learning Process

Book:Ocean of Dharma: The Everyday Wisdom of Chogyam Trungpa

Source: Ocean of Dharma: The Everyday Wisdom of Chogyam Trungpa

“I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn't be afraid of who you are. That's the first key idea. You shouldn't be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It's very important for you to realize that.”

Should Firsts Important Ideas Realizing Keys Who You Are Gentleman Ladies And Gentlemen

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings