The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness Quotes

“It has been said that sleeping, dreaming, and meditating, or developing awareness, are the only states in which we do not sow further seeds of karma.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“The idea is that when the teaching begins to happen, it is an experience—but experience needs language, and at the same time, language needs experience.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“The Vajrasattva mantra is: OM VAJRASATTVA SAMAYAM ANUPALAYA / VAJRASATTVATVENOPATISHTHA / DRIDHO ME BHAVA / SUTOSHYO ME BHAVA / SUPOSHYO ME BHAVA / ANURAKTO ME BHAVA / SARVA-SIDDHIM ME PRAYACCHA / SARVA-KARMASU CHA ME CHITTAM SHREYAH KURU HUM HA HA HA HOH BHAGAVAN / SARVA-TATHAGATA-VAJRA MA ME MUNCHA / VAJRI BHAVA MAHASAMAYASATTVA AH.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“Atiyoga: Fathomless Mind Basically speaking, neurosis is temporary and sanity is permanent. When we begin to take that attitude, we realize that our occasional freak-outs and panic and our feeling of being trapped are no longer applicable. In realizing that we are eternally free, eternally liberated, and eternally awake, we begin to experience vast mind.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“If you give a gift with something behind it, with an ulterior motive that you feel good about, then you are still planting habitual patterns in the back of your mind.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“Sacred outlook is not only about thinking everything is good; it is the absence of imprisonment. You begin to experience freedom that is intrinsically good, almost unconditionally free. So the vajra world you are entering is basically good, unconditionally free, fundamentally glorious and splendid.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“The vajrayana, or diamond vehicle, is powerful because it is derived from the tranquillity and readiness of the hinayana and the purity and soft heart of the mahayana. When students have developed those qualities, the vajrayana becomes ready to launch its diamond ship into the oceans of those who are ready for it.”
― Chögyam Trungpa, The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three