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It’s not that meditation sharpens our perceptions, but that sitting practice makes it possible to perceive. It’s a question of removing the clouds, rather than recreating the sun.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
by far the most important feature of meditation is not the technique, but the spirit: the skillful, inspired, and creative way in which we practice, which could also be called “the posture.”
Sogyal Rinpoche • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition
Therefore, the mind develops a sense of openness and peacefulness, and the body develops an absence of speed and aggression.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
The concept of synchronizing body and mind is a total one, related to whatever work of art you execute or whatever life you lead.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
In other words, whatever direction we might take, we always need visual dharma. If we don’t have true perception of visual dharma, a lot of things can go wrong.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
Como explica el maestro budista tibetano Chögyam Trungpa, la “mente de mono” es “alocada [...] anda a los saltos y jamás se queda en un mismo lugar. Es completamente inquieta”.
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang • Enamorados de la distracción (Spanish Edition)
First thought does not come from subconscious gossip, it comes from before you think anything. In other words, there’s always the possibility of freshness.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
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
In terms of art, if you do art, you just do it.