Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of your lower self.

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.

It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.

Generosity is as much showing your vulnerability as it is your passion for something.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.

The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest, it is as if we open an inner door. It reduces fear, boosts confidence and brings us inner strength. By reducing distrust, it opens us to others and brings us a sense of connection to others, and sense of purpose and meaning in life.

Loving kindness is the spirit of friendship toward yourself and others.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.

Our everyday cares, making a living, the crazy rat race of life, often make us forget the value of a good deed. Thus, the goodness that exists within each and every one of us is covered with layer upon layer of indifference and unawareness. In fact, we almost have to be reminded of the fact that goodness is there inside us.

When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.