Quotes by Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

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“In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore...”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we hav...”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo ...”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, th...”

— Chgyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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