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“The goal of warriorship is to express basic goodness in its most complete, fresh, and brilliant form. This is possible when realize that you do not possess basic goodness but that you are the basic goodness itself. Therefore, training yourself to be a warrior is learning to rest in basic goodness, to rest in a [...]
Tags: basic, goodness, ShambhalaWhen 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. When we step out of the shower, we feel fresh and clean, and when we walk out of a stuffy room, we appreciate the sudden whiff of fresh air. [...]
Tags: basic, goodness, journey, ShambhalaThe Shambhala teachings are not based on converting the world to another theory. The premise of Shambhala vision is that, in order to establish an enlightened society for others, we need to discover what inherently we have to offer the world. So, to begin with, we should make an effort to examine our own experience, [...]
Tags: enlightened, kingdom, Shambhala, teachings
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 [...]
This is part 3, in a continuing series on Shambhala by Chogyam Trungpa. Click here if you missed part 1 or part 2, Part 4, Part 5, or Part 8.
In Tibet, as well as many other Asian countries, there are stories about a legendary kingdom that was a source of learning and culture for [...]
The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is a basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world’s problems. This wisdom does not belong to any one culture or religion, no does it come only from the West or the East. Rather, it is a tradition of human warriorship that has [...]
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