170 Powerful Chogyam Trungpa Quotes to Inspire You

Here are 170 Powerful quotes by Chogyam Trungpa on various topics to inspire you.

1. “The artist has tremendous power to change the world.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Art, Creativity, Influence, Artistic Power, World Change

2. “Buddhism doesn’t tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Wisdom, Truth, Inquiry, Self-Discovery, Spiritual Exploration

3. “One has to taste an experience for oneself and find out if the thing is genuine or helpful. Then, before discarding something, one has to go further, so that one gets firsthand experience.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Experience, Truth, Understanding, Firsthand Learning, Personal Growth

4. “The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Perspective, Understanding, Awakening, Individual Thought, Open Mind

5. “Someone who is seriously interested in meditation should not expect any feedback or promises from the practice. Most.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Meditation, Practice, Expectation, Inner Journey, Spiritual Growth

6. “In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of our own sweat. When we examine that comfortable darkness – look at it, smell it, feel it – we find it is claustrophobic.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Transformation, Comfort Zone, Darkness, Self-Discovery, Openness

7. “Talking non-thinker, thinking non-talker.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Silence, Thought, Paradox, Deep Reflection, Words Actions

8. “There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Growth, Creativity, Innovation, Nurturing Ideas, New Ventures

9. “If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Awareness, Perception, Magic, Open Mind, Vivid Experience

10. “You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you’re doing is okay. Things are actually taking place, almost of their own accord, very simply and directly. That is meditation.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Meditation, Action, Process, Present Moment, Self-Discovery

11. “The charnel ground is that great graveyard in which the complexities of samsara and nirvana lie buried.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Mortality, Spirituality, Transformation, Samsara Nirvana, Deep Reflection

12. “Life is a straight drink – straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Life, Experience, Reality, Straightforward Thinking, Acceptance

13. “When we see a bright color, we are witnessing our own inherent goodness. When we hear a beautiful sound, we are hearing our own basic goodness.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Beauty, Perception, Awareness, Inner Goodness, Connection

14. “Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Creativity, Transformation, Growth, Balance, Resilience

15. “We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Independence, Wisdom, Critical Thinking, Truth, Discovery

16. “The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Ego, Awakening, Perspective, Self-Awareness, Truth

17. “The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Practice, Karma, Action, Discipline, Self-Growth

18. “Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don’t have to purely live in the present situation without a plan, but the future plans you make can only be based on the aspects of the future that manifest within the present situation.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Future, Present, Awareness, Planning, Balance

19. “The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Perseverance, Strength, Hope, Compassion, Determination

20. “The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Courage, Vulnerability, Growth, Strength, Bravery

21. “If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Kindness, Compassion, Patience, Love, Generosity

22. “Everyone loves something, even if it’s only tortillas.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Love, Simplicity, Connection, Humanity, Humor

23. “Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Impermanence, Truth, Awareness, Enlightenment, Existence

24. “Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Awakening, Truth, Discovery, Awareness, Spirituality

25. “Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don’t have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego’s approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Faith, Openness, Truth, Vulnerability, Awareness

26. “Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of the extreme impulse.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Balance, Wisdom, Self-Understanding, Morality, Awareness

27. “Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Self-Acceptance, Connection, Vulnerability, Awareness, Growth

28. “Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Mindfulness, Letting Go, Presence, Flow, Acceptance

29. “When you express gentleness and precision in your environment then real brilliance and power can descend into that situation.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Gentleness, Clarity, Power, Awareness, Influence

30. “The warrior is not afraid of space.”    Chogyam Trungpa   Courage, Openness, Acceptance, Fearlessness, Strength