Tao Te Ching
Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
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 Vajrayana topics together in one volume
Quotes from Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
“Because they do not bring about notions as to what to reject and what to accept, they are also free from hope and fear, and they are not subject to cultivating and exerting.”
Chapters:
72. Helpful Fear
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“needlessness of reassurance is a source of humility, because you do not have to confirm yourself anymore.”
Chapters:
67. Three Treasures
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“One taste does not mean that everything becomes gray and tasteless. By one taste, we mean the absence of all tastes. Tasting in this way becomes very natural and very beautiful. One taste is no taste; therefore, it is everything.”
Chapters:
56. One with the Dust
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“The great setting sun of the West has provided us with beautiful, comfortable conditions for living our life, like central heating, air-conditioning, taxicabs, and numerous other conveniences. But that setting-sun approach has provided us purely with a comfortable way to die.”
Chapters:
35. The Power of Goodness
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“When you experience total sacred outlook... the forms you see in the outer world are seen as the heavenly realm of the deities; speech is experienced as mantra; and the psychology of the world is experienced as awakened clarity.”
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