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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
January 12, 2007 <br><br>
CRASH COURSE<br><br>
Particularly in the Western hemisphere, when you go to a new country, you
take a crash course to learn how to conduct yourself. A lot of business
people get into a crash course to learn how to eat with chopsticks, how
to move and behave, what to eat or not eat, what to say and whether it is
polite to finish the food on your plate or leave something behind.
However, when you come to a spiritual master, you don't come having had a
crash course on how to handle a guru. You have already had a crash course
of your own, which is your own neurosis, your confusion. That's
fantastic. It's a very vivid crash course, a very good one. It's honest
and genuine experience. You come along as you are, as they say.<br><br>
From "Tradition and Sanity in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism," Talk
Ten of Fourteen, from THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST PATH, Summer, 1974,
Naropa University. Forthcoming as a DVD series from
shambhalashop.com.<br><br>
All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by
permission. <br><br>
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