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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
April 6, 2007 <br><br>
THE WISDOM OF SHAMBHALA<br><br>
The best doctor of all the doctors, the best medicine of medicines, and
the best technology of technologies cannot save you from your life. The
best consultants, the best bank loans, and the best insurance policies
cannot save you. Eventually you must realize that <i>you</i> have to do
something, rather than depending on technology, financial help, your
smartness or good thinking of any kind -- none of which will save you.
That may seem like the dark truth, but it is the real truth. In the
Buddhist tradition, this is called the <i>vajra </i>truth, the diamond
truth, the truth you cannot avoid or destroy. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>We cannot
avoid our lives at all. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or
poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all.
We have to face the eventual truth -- not even the eventual truth but the
<i>real </i>truth of our lives. We are here; therefore, we have to learn
how to go forward with our lives. This truth is what we call the wisdom
of Shambhala.<br><br>
From "The Wisdom of Shambhala," in ELEPHANT magazine, Spring
2007.<br><br>
The Spring issue of ELEPHANT features a column by Chogyam Trungpa, which
will appear in each issue. ELEPHANT online is: <br><br>
<a href="http://www.themindfullife.com/news/currentintro.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.themindfullife.com/news/currentintro.html</a><br><br>
All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by
permission. <br><br>
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