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Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion

By Chögyam Trungpa

During the years from 1973-1986 Chögyam Trungpa held 3-month meditation/study retreats with his closest students. One of the requirements before attending these sessions was completing one-month meditation retreat. Some of the lectures during these talks covered the same topics and this compilation brings the Mahayana topics together in one volume

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Themes: Compassion

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“Appreciation of the world outside is called compassion, and the appreciation of yourself is called maitri. Unless those two are working together, it is a dead end.”

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Themes: Appreciation

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“Before any kind of perception occurs, wakefulness is already thre—beyond concept, beyond limitation, beyond anything measurable.”

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Themes: Basic Goodness

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“Bodhisattvas are known as warriors because they are visionary. They are not confused, and they do not shy away from others.”

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Themes: Warriors

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“Dedication becomes not just dedication to yourself... the path begins to expand beyond one's own individuality.”

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Themes: Evolution

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“Doubt and compassion are both very direct... There is a sense of something touching your heart, and it is painful.”

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Themes: Doubt

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“Emotions are very aggressive, so in order to cut through them, you need some kind of cool moon, fresh water, iceberg.”

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Themes: Moon

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“externally empty, internally empty, and absolutely empty... there is nothing particularly to do do. There is nothing to work on, no one to make a reference point, nothing whatsoever.”

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Themes: Ambition

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“If you have awareness... you do not cheat, you do not do things just because they are traditional, and you don't just do something this year simply because you did it last year... honesty and genuineness begin to hurt.”

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Themes: Integrity

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“It would be good to drop the concept of philosophical schools and view [teachings] as systems of thinking... A philosophical school [mainly only] develops arguments to protect its own concepts and ideas.”

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Themes: Philosophy

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“When you begin to realize aggression as it is, there is a sudden flash of spaciousness, and the aggression is completely cleared out. It is like living is a stuffy room, and suddenly the window is wide open and fresh air is coming in.”

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Themes: Aggression

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“You and your wakefulness have different opinions altogether... the whole thing goes wrong at the very beginning. And that split is not a 'once upon a time' story—it happens all the time in your everyday life.”

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Themes: Opinion

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“You can achieve complete freedom; you can experience vastness. Genuine wakefulness is possible constantly.”

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