Confidence brings the natural dignity of gentleness. You can afford to be
gentle. You are not pretending to be gentle in order to achieve something
by it, but you have a general sense of gentleness, which means you are
being kind to yourself. Sometimes when the warrior feels doubtful about
himself, he might have a problem being gentle to himself. Gentleness to
yourself is necessary for a warrior; otherwise you find yourself puffed
up, with no way to expand your vision to a great level at all. At that
point, warriorship becomes pure bluff.
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
From "Outrageousness," a talk given in July 1978 to Directors
of Shambhala Training
via Oceans of Dharma quotes of the week
love this,
needed this.
in gratitude,
gem
Posted by: gem | May 13, 2009 at 09:05 AM
thank you for sharing the quote (an answer/a gift ... and as i made an errand through the website mentionned, i found so many other jewels like little stones along the path ... :)
Posted by: nathalie | May 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Exactly what I needed *right now*.
Posted by: Swirly | May 15, 2009 at 04:21 AM
Marianne,
I can't seem to find your e-mail address and I wanted to dialogue with you about Palestine. What can you tell me about ISM? I have seriously been thinking about going to Palestine early next year. I'd love your input. My e-mail is [email protected] Would you have time to share your thoughts? Thanks in advance and
Peace,
Margaret
Posted by: Margaret | May 15, 2009 at 02:53 PM
I don't understand it..?
Posted by: [a} | May 17, 2009 at 09:57 AM