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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.

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Famous Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

“Although the warrior's life is dedicated to helping others, he realizes that he will never be able to completely share his experience with others...Yet he is more and more in love with the world. That combination of love affair and loneliness is what enables the warrior to constantly reach out to help others. By renouncing his private world, the warrior discovers a greater universe and a fuller and fuller broken heart. This is not something to feel bad about; it is a cause for rejoicing.”

World Feels Heart Helping Able Life Is Universe Causes Realizing Greater Share Loneliness Broken Affair Helping Others Warrior Combination Dedicated Rejoice Reach Out Love Affair

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.”

Moments Enjoy Challenges Letting Go Genuine Warrior Relax Delightful

Book:Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Source: Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

“To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.”

Heart Spiritual Broken Warrior Vulnerability Tenderness Untrustworthy Spiritual Warrior

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“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

“Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.”

Ifs Way Accepting Dare Warrior Acknowledge Not Afraid Tigers Jungle Skillful Inhibitions

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

“Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.”

Heart Pain Vision Sun Sadness Cups Warrior Tea Eastern Cups Of Tea Samsara

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is making yourself more available, more gentle and open to others.”

Available Buddhist Warrior Gentle Barriers Renounce Renunciation

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

“To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.”

Life Moments Genuine Warrior Mma

Book:Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Source: Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

“The warrior is not afraid of space”