
True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art

The first karma, pacifying, is in the east and represents the cooling off of neurosis. We develop a sense of peace and coolness, which cools off the boredom and heat of neurosis. The manifestation of pacifying is gentleness and freedom from neurosis. The enriching principle, in the south, is basically the absence of arrogance and aggression. Arroga
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We create this world mutually. Maybe it’s not so good, not so beautiful, but it’s not so bad either—it’s a regular world.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
Enriching is the intrinsic energy of our state of mind. It is the idea of dignity, or in Tibetan, ziji.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
Because of that, when you actually do begin to perceive things in your own true way, you find that the perceptions you are experiencing can be extremely painful and irritating.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
“first thought best thought” level.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
That sense of suspension is the ground, according to the non-reference-point view of how to perceive absolute symbolism. That experience of suspension is the canvas or the blackboard where you paint your pictures, your symbolism. It
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
And according to Buddhist psychology, we go through a threefold process in connection with each of those sense perceptions. The first is a sense of existence. When you begin to listen or to look at something, you have a sense of being. This is just a general sense of being; nothing in particular is planned or conceptualized—simply a sense of being.
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The first action has a sense of pure perception without sharp edges. It is related with the color blue, and also related with the circle,
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
Our attitude and integrity as artists are very important. We need to encourage and nourish the notion that we are not going to yield to the neurotic world.