CTR Quote of the Week

  When you get into Buddhism completely, you have the capability of spreading the teachings. Spreading the dharma is such a big undertaking that you

We could say that the Practicing Lineage is the guardian of the buddhadharma, not only in Tibet alone but in the rest of the world.

What particular tradition is the line of the Trungpas associated with? To begin with, Buddhism, of course, and then the Buddhist tradition in Tibet. What

How can we actually commit ourselves to a world that is true and genuine and good for us? There is something about human nature that

To overcome problems of passion, aggression, and ignorance requires a realization of joy–that you are not in a dungeon or the Black Hole of depression.

The basic setup of ego contains ignorance, refusing to look back at its origin. From that confusion arises fear or panic, and from that process,

If the proper idea of intellectual understanding and sharpening the intellect is not feeding oneself millions of bits of information and making oneself into a

When you take the attitude that the student should be a superscholar, then when the student has become an extremely perfect scholar, they have attained

One of the problems connected with intellect and intellectual understanding is that, if we look for and come up with answers, conclusions, logical deductions, we

Many people believe that if you sit and meditate a lot, you don’t have to read or study anything at all. They say that just

If you want to stop a war, you have to stop your pain, your version of the war. You have to relate with your own

The past is fiction, and the future is a dream, and we are just living on the edge of a razor blade. It is extraordinarily

We are involved in a sense of struggle in our lives. We are trying to defeat somebody or win somebody over, to get rid of

Mandala is a way of looking at situations in terms of relativity: if that exists, this exists; if this exists, that exists. Things exist interdependently,

Dancing to the music of life is living with the four seasons, to use the metaphor of how a plant grows throughout the year. This

When you are in direct contact with life, rather than strategizing a result, the situation automatically provides you with your next move. Life becomes like

Mystical experience lies in our actual living situation. It’s a question of relating with the body, the physical situation. If you put your hand on

In working with others, the approach of genuine spirituality is to just do it, just help. If you’re doing it unskillfully, you’ll be pushed back.

Here is the really good news: We are intrinsically buddha, or intrinsically awake, and we are intrinsically good. Without exception, and without the need for

Buddha can’t be avoided. Buddha is everywhere. Enlightenment possibilities are all over the place. Whether you’re going to get married tomorrow, whether you’re going to

People often talk about trying to hold back their tears, but as human beings, we should take pride in our capacity to be sad and

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of

From the genuine spiritual point of view, as opposed to an idealized viewpoint, society is an extremely potent arena, full of vibrant qualities of energy.

Do you think spirituality is something purely transcendental? It’s questionable. Real spirituality might have something to do with ordinary life. If spirituality does have something