Chogyam Trungpa

Tibetan Buddhist teacher.

A Tibetan Buddhist teacher who played a key role in bringing Buddhist teachings to the West. Known for his unconventional yet profound approach, he emphasized the importance of mindfulness, meditation, and compassionate action. He founded several institutions to promote Buddhist studies and arts. His teachings blend traditional wisdom with modern insights, offering a practical path to spiritual awakening.

Chogyam Trungpa Quotes about Mind

While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general gossip of your thoughts. This traffic of your thoughts and the verbosity of your mind are simply part of the basic chatter that goes on in the universe. Just let it go through.
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In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is.
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This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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