Weekend Zen, January 25-26

Hope and fear 

cannot alter the seasons.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Friday, August 25

The basic definition of meditation is

"having a steady mind."...Whether your 

thoughts are good or bad, exciting or boring, 

blissful or miserable, you let them be.

You don't accept some and reject others.

You have a sense of greater space that

encompasses any thought that may arise.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Friday, February 3

Becoming "awake" 

involves seeing our 

confusion more clearly.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 2

The practice of meditation does not 

involve discontinuing one's relationship 

with oneself and...becoming a better person.

The practice of meditation is a way of 

continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression,

and passion –– but working with it, seeing it 

from the enlightened point of view.

~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 28

When performing meditation practice, 

one should think of it as just a natural function

of everyday life, like eating or breathing, not 

as a special, formal event to be undertaken

with great seriousness and solemnity... 

Meditation is always perfect, so

there is no need to correct anything. 

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Thursday, September 9

Becoming "awake" 

involves seeing our

confusion more clearly. 

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Thursday, February 11

In the practice of meditation, if there is a 

temptation to stop paying attention, you

bring yourself back. It's like herding a group

of cows who would like to cross the fence into

a neighbor's field. You have to push them back,

but you do it with a certain sense of enjoyment.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Thursday, December 12

Becoming "awake" 

involves seeing 

our confusion

more clearly.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Weekend Zen, March 23-24

To be a warrior is to 

learn to be genuine in

every moment of your life.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 12

It is by practicing

vulnerability of the heart

that we discover courage.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 28

Becoming "awake" involves 

seeing our confusion more clearly.

~ Chögyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Tuesday, April 11

Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness.

It comes from letting the world tickle your heart,

your raw beautiful heart. You are willing to open up,

without resistance or shyness, and face the world.

You are willing to share your heart with others.

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Friday, June 17

Give yourself a break....Park your car somewhere;

just sit; just be. You begin to pick up on clouds,

sunshine and weather, the mountains, your past.

You begin to pick up on a lot of things. Just let 

them pass like the chatter of a brook as it hits the rocks.

We have to give ourselves some time to be.

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Friday, July 3

The bad news is that you're falling through air,

nothing to hang on to, no parachute.

The good news is there's no ground.

~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Daily Zen - Monday, October 27

The way of the warrior poses a challenge:

we must emerge from our cocoon and venture out

into space, displaying both mindfulness and kindness.

~ Chogyam Trungpa 

Weekend Zen, August 30-31

True courage is the product of tenderness. 

It arises when we let the world touch our heart,

our heart that is so beautiful and bare. 

~ Chogyam Trungpa 

Weekend Zen, June 28-29

It is by practicing vulnerability of 

the heart that we discover courage.

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Weekend Zen, April 19-20

We cannot possess the power and magic of this world. They are always available to us, but they do not belong to anyone.

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Friday, June 22

Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons.

                     - Chogyam Trungpa

Daily Zen - Monday, November 14

We have long forgotten that activities can be simple and precise. Every act can contain simplicity and precision and thus can have tremendous beauty and dignity. 

                   - Chogyam Trungpa