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chogyam trungpa rinpoche
October 2009 
The Personal Approach to Spiritual Practice
Posted on Jul 30th, 2009
by 
sass
sass
This quote came from the Ocean of Dharma e-list. It is very much where I am finding, or orienting towards finding, myself in my practice at the moment.
"According to the ideas of my teacher, Jamgon Kongtrul, the only way to develop spiritual discipline is to accept chaos as well as orderliness. His suggestions are very profound and totally ecumenical. To develop genuine spirituality, one has to be dedicated to a contemplative approach, a meditative approach. That doesn't mean that everybody on this earth has to sit on a meditation cushion....We are not talking in terms of being good meditators. We are talking about actually, personally being able to identify with what you've studied, what you've heard, what you've learned, what you've read. It is bringing all of this into your personal experience."
From Talk One of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Boulder, Colorado, November 1974.
Ocean of Dharma list is complied by Carolyn Gimian
"According to the ideas of my teacher, Jamgon Kongtrul, the only way to develop spiritual discipline is to accept chaos as well as orderliness. His suggestions are very profound and totally ecumenical. To develop genuine spirituality, one has to be dedicated to a contemplative approach, a meditative approach. That doesn't mean that everybody on this earth has to sit on a meditation cushion....We are not talking in terms of being good meditators. We are talking about actually, personally being able to identify with what you've studied, what you've heard, what you've learned, what you've read. It is bringing all of this into your personal experience."
From Talk One of "Jamgon Kongtrul," an unpublished seminar by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Boulder, Colorado, November 1974.
Ocean of Dharma list is complied by Carolyn Gimian
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