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Index
Editor’s Preface
Editor’s Acknowledgments
1 The Challenge of Warriorship
2 A Good Journey
3 Unlearning
4 What Is a Warrior?
5 Facing Ourselves
6 Our Human Endowment
7 Creative Revolution
8 Seeing for Yourself
9 The Starting Point
10 Friendliness to Oneself
11 Buddha Is Everywhere
12 Chaos Is the Inspiration
13 What Is Fear?
14 Regal Existence
15 The Buddha and Basic Goodness
16 The Practice of Meditation
17 Self-Truth
18 Eliminating Unnecessary Complications
19 Crazy Monkey Mind
20 No Ambition
21 The Heart of the Buddha
22 Going beyond Fear
23 Phew!
24 The Greater Vision of Compassion
25 Beyond Good and Bad
26 Make Friends with Yourself
27 The Lion’s Roar
28 Arouse Your Sense of Wakefulness
29 The Boredom of Mountains and Waterfalls
30 Why Bother?
31 The Truth of Suffering
32 Absorb the Blame
33 When the Sun Rises
34 Basic Sanity
35 True Spirituality
36 Money
37 Real Kindness
38 Energy Is a Powerful Teacher
39 The Body
40 Being a Person of Sanity
41 A Great Feast
42 Open Faith
43 A Glimpse of Buddha Nature
44 The Purpose of Work
45 Constant Discipline
46 Greater Vision
47 Hearing Words of Wisdom
48 The Future Is Virgin Territory
49 Learning to Wake Up
50 Working with Pain
51 Basic Goodness
52 Click into the Sense of Delight
53 The Golden Chain of Spirituality
54 Secular Enlightenment
55 Success and Failure
56 Make Friends with Fear
57 Advice to Psychologists
58 Fresh Dharma
59 Patience without Expectations
60 The Echo Chamber
61 Contacting Reality
62 The Smile of Shambhala
63 Leap of Daring
64 Audible Silence
65 Learning the Art of War
66 The Future Is in Our Hands
67 The Meaning of Life
68 Misunderstanding Freedom
69 Awareness of Mind
70 Developing Fearless Renunciation
71 Meditation Is the Only Way
72 Perfect Actors
73 Tricky Warriors
74 The Buddhist Journey
75 Accepting Imperfections
76 Beyond Effort
77 Early-Morning Depression
78 No Barriers
79 Wisdom Is Like Outer Space
80 Eternally Rich
81 The Feminine Principle
82 Embarrassing Moments
83 Ordinary Is Extraordinary
84 Grains of Sand
85 Glimpse of Enlightenment
86 A Natural State of Awareness
87 Buddha Genes
88 Life Teaches Us
89 Tradition
90 Meditation Posture
91 The Spiritual Babysitter
92 Spirituality without Materialism
93 Genuine Inspiration
94 Disappointment
95 A Constant Unmasking
96 The Path Includes Everything
97 We Are Indebted
98 Unconditional Cheerfulness
99 Grain of Sand, Emperor of the Universe
100 Nonexistence
101 Indestructibility
102 One Stone Kills One Bird
103 Disciplines Are Stepping-Stones
104 Post-Meditation Mindfulness
105 Transcending Karma
106 A Sudden Glimpse of Compassion
107 Being Selfish
108 Larger Vision
109 A Sense of Totality
110 The Mark of Genius
111 A Golden Buddha
112 The More We Give
113 The Greatest Magic
114 Individuality
115 Crazy Wisdom
116 Loneliness
117 Give Yourself a Break
118 Three Types of Generosity
119 No Enemy
120 Emptiness
121 Self-Deception
122 The Wall of Ego
123 Realizing Nonexistence
124 Ultimate Freedom
125 We Have Everything
126 The Soft Spot of Compassion
127 Joyful Warriorship
128 Celebration
129 Sudden Flash
130 The Fourth Moment
131 A Constant Act of Freedom
132 Planning for the Future
133 A Staircase to Enlightenment
134 Windhorse
135 Theism and Nontheism
136 Natural Hierarchy
137 Compassion without Ground
138 Idiot Compassion
139 Complete Openness
140 Confusion
141 Restless Mind
142 One Truth
143 Implying the Truth
144 Simplicity
145 Natural Concentration
146 Change Your Attitude
147 Look!
148 Elegance
149 Discovering Totality
150 Constant Change
151 Living on the Razor’s Edge
152 Boredom and Compassion
153 The Big Project
154 Simple-Minded
155 Writing Your Mind
156 Becoming More Perceptive
157 Healthy Openness
158 Illumination
159 Being Kind to Yourself
160 See the World
161 Recollection
162 Mindfulness of Body
163 Settling Down
164 The Seasons of Life
165 Communication
166 Peace
167 Just Be
168 Regularity Is Not the Point
169 A Subtle Twist of Mind
170 Drop All Reference Points
171 The Victorious One
172 Fear and Fearlessness
173 Truth Is Like a Thunderbolt
174 The Great Joy
175 The Mouse and the Turquoise
176 The Truth of Insecurity
177 No Time Off
178 The Inexhaustible Energy of Emotions
179 Conversing with Our Negativity
180 Seeing the Transparency of Concepts
181 Purification
182 In or Out?
183 A Gap in Time
184 Steady Mind
185 The Golden Key
186 Heaven
187 Advice to Businesspeople
188 The Absence of Struggle Is Freedom
189 The Magic of Individuality
190 Self-Existing Energy
191 Art on the Spot
192 Grasping
193 Real Humility
194 Crying and Laughing
195 Relaxation
196 The Warrior Is Not Afraid of Space
197 That One Word No
198 Reconnecting with Reality
199 How the Warrior Meets the World
200 Bravery Invokes Magic
201 You Cannot Start from Perfection
202 Work with the First Glimpse of Suffering
203 Let Things Take Their Course
204 Wakeful Inquisitiveness
205 No Original Sin
206 The Compassion of the Buddha
207 The Inherent Healthiness of Your Mind
208 Obstacles
209 Hope versus Faith
210 The Nonviolent Approach
211 All-Victorious, You Have Nothing to Conquer
212 Wholesome Learning
213 Beyond Dualism
214 Problems as Opportunities
215 Art and Meditation
216 Conquering Fear Is Not Blocking Sensitivity
217 Exertion
218 The Dragon
219 Be Sensitive to Environment
220 Tell the Truth
221 The Big No
222 Where Does Joy Come From?
223 Working with Illness
224 Awakening Confidence
225 The Cosmic Wound
226 From Anger to Joy
227 Collective Problem Solving
228 Meditation as a Process of Evolution
229 We Are Constantly Learning
230 Discontinuity
231 Struggle Does Not Work
232 Let It Be
233 Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose
234 The Tiger
235 Unconditional Freedom
236 One Thing at a Time
237 Humbleness Is the Dwelling Place
238 Enlightened Heart
239 One Version of Infinity
240 Conquering Cowardice
241 Know Yourself
242 We Live at the Expense of Others
243 Earth Is My Witness
244 Sacred Action
245 Always Now
246 Open House
247 Dare to Let Go
248 Open Your Mind
249 The Torch of Wisdom
250 The Essence of Peace
251 Fearless Dharma
252 Conquering without Aggression
253 Relating to Others
254 Marriage
255 When You’re Hassled
256 Sacredness versus Superstition
257 Switching Our Allegiance
258 Spontaneity without Qualification
259 The Environment around the Breath
260 Sudden Enlightenment
261 The Snow Lion
262 Basic Goodness Can Help
263 Make the First Move
264 Fathers and Mothers of Shambhala
265 A Tradition of Openness
266 The Family of Buddhas
267 Fearless No
268 The Garuda
269 Not Rejecting Our World
270 Superhuman Instinct
271 Miracles
272 Conquering the Hot Dog
273 Celebrate Weak Moments
274 The Sensitivity of the Warrior
275 Confusion Is Our Working Basis
276 Somebody Became Buddha
277 Spiritual Dynamite
278 Great Eastern Sun
279 Questioning
280 A Crash Course
281 Art and the Wandering Mind
282 Liberated from Conventionality
283 Making Friends with Others
284 See the World as Sacred
285 Compassion with a Thousand Arms
286 The Emotional Umbilical Cord
287 Spiritual Pizza
288 Laziness
289 All-Encompassing Friendship
290 A Talking Mirror
291 Wisdom Cannot Be Born from Theory
292 An Open Commitment
293 The Wind of Awareness
294 You Don’t Own Awareness
295 Touch and Go
296 A Balanced State of Being
297 Mindfulness, the Essence of the Here and Now
298 Panoramic Awareness
299 Beyond Reassurance
300 Don’t Hold On
301 Fundamentally Awake
302 Natural Confidence
303 Letting Go
304 Enlightenment Is Irritatingly Possible
305 Beyond Facing Ourselves
306 We Are Worthy
307 Prajna
308 Be There
309 Catching the Wind of Knowing
310 Synchronize Mind and Body
311 A Common Misunderstanding
312 Work of Art
313 You Cannot Grow If You Cut Your Roots
314 Tricked into Enlightenment
315 Orderly Chaos
316 Back to Square One
317 Start with Ego
318 Leaving the Cocoon
319 Panoramic Awareness in Everyday Life
320 The Survival Instinct
321 Making Friends with the Real World
322 The Most Enlightening Choices
323 The Joke Is on Us
324 Bank of Cloudy Mind
325 Square Zero
326 Meditation Is Not Separate from You
327 Don’t Freeze Windhorse into Ice
328 Endless Richness
329 Basic Goodness Is Like a Sneeze
330 The Beauty of Totality
331 The Beer of Fearlessness
332 Aggression
333 Transcendental Common Sense
334 Misunderstanding Awareness
335 Distorting Dignity into Egotism
336 The View from the Summit
337 Full Moon in Your Heart
338 Just Breathe
339 Believe in Your Basic Goodness
340 The Wisdom of Shambhala
341 The Birth of Karma
342 True Patience
343 Solidifying the Present
344 Every Beat of Your Heart
345 Intrinsic Joy
346 Belief Comes from Perception
347 Give Your Goodness to Others
348 Free from the Hunger Inside
349 Undoing Habitual Patterns
350 Absentminded Awareness
351 The World Is Going to Wake Us Up
352 Smile at Fear
353 Teaching Is Learning
354 Have Confidence in Awareness and Relax
355 Work with the Present Situation
356 Health Comes First; Sickness Is Secondary
357 Giving a Part of Oneself
358 Not Entrapped in Karma
359 Buddha Wasn’t a Buddhist
360 Managing Our Life Properly
361 Willing to Be a Fool
362 Cosmic Pancake
363 Be There All Along
364 Embryonic Sadness
365 Sit and Do Nothing
The Practice of Meditation
Sources
Bibliography
Further Readings and Resources
About Chögyam Trungpa
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