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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
January 15, 2007 <br><br>
FREEDOM<br><br>
Giving birth to bodhicitta in one's heart, buddha in one's heart, brings
freedom. That is the notion of freedom in Buddhism, altogether...We are
talking about freedom from the constriction of our own capabilities. It
is as if we were extraordinary children, possessing all sorts of genius,
and we were being undermined by the society around us, which was dying to
make us normal people. Whenever we would show any mark of genius, our
parents would get embarrassed. They would try to put the lid on our pot,
saying, "Charles, don't say those things. Just be an ordinary
person." That is what actually happens to us, with or without our
parents. I don't particularly want to blame our parents; we have also
been doing this to ourselves. When we see something extraordinary, we are
afraid to say so; we are afraid to express ourselves or to relate to such
situations. So we put lids on ourselves -- on our potential, our
capabilities. But in Buddhism we are liberated from that kind of
conventionality....Fundamentally speaking, ladies and gentlemen, here is
the really good news, if we may call it that: We are intrinsically buddha
and we are intrinsically good. <br><br>
From "What Is the Heart of the Buddha?" in THE HEART OF THE
BUDDHA, THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume 3, page 311. (THE
HEART OF THE BUDDHA is also available in paperback.)<br><br>
All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by
permission. <br><br>
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