In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of our own sweat. When we examine that comfortable darkness - look at it, smell it, feel it - we find it is claustrophobic.


Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2009) - ISBN: 9780834821200

Chögyam Trungpa Quotes

In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of...

In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of...

In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of...

In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of...