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Buddhist teachings and the Shambhala society

It is said that Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Shambhala society.  The legends tell us that Shakyamuni Buddha gave advanced tantric teachings to the first king of Shambhala, Dawa Sangpo.  These Teachings, which are preserved as the Kalacakra Tantra, are considered to be among the most profound wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.  Chogyam Trungpa                                                                                                           

This is part 4 in a continuing series on Shambhala.  Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, part 6, Part 7, or Part 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The warrior delights in heedfulness

• Heedfulness here refers to paying attention to what is taking place in your world.  For the warrior, interest happens spontaneously.  You feel that the world is naturally full of interest: the visual world, the emotional world, whatever world you might have.  So interest or heedfulness manifests as raw delight, delight together with rawness or tenderness.

 Let the Great Eastern Sun illuminate the way of discipline

• The Great Eastern Sun, sun of human wakefulness, creates an atmosphere in which you can constantly move forward, recharging energy all the time.  It  provides the means to take advantage of your life in the fullest sense.  This discipline is an organic process that expands naturally from your own experiences…You don’t need an architect or a tailor to redesign your world.

When doubt arises, contemplate warriorship

• Absence of doubt comes from trusting in the heart, trusting yourself.  Being without doubt means that you connect yourself, that you experience mind and body being synchronized together.  When mind and body are synchronized, then you have no doubt. 

Propagate health as a basic discipline of warriorship

• The Great Eastern Sun is wakefulness and genuineness reflected in every aspect of your being.  Physically, psychologically, domestically, spiritually, you feel a gut-level sense of health and wholesomeness in your life, as if you were holding a solid brick of gold.  When you feel healthy and wholesome, then you cannot help projecting healthiness to others.

Celebrate the feast of faith and joy

• Faith is based on genuineness, trusting in yourself and your vision.  You are not faking anything, and you are not trying to impress anybody.  Faith inspires discipline.  Here, discipline is not based on punishment or arbitrary rules and authority, but rather on becoming thoroughly gentle and genuine.  When the warrior has unwavering discipline, he or she takes joy in the journey and joy in working with others.  The joy is like music, which celebrates its own rhythm and melody.  The celebration is continuous, in spite of ups and downs of life.

 Chogyam Trungpa                                                                                                                                            Click here for Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.

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