Enlightened heart is expansive and awake. It is not territorial, and it does not demand that we gather our own flock of egotistic companions. When we look into that quality of basic wakefulness beyond our own territoriality, we find ourselves having a taste of enlightenment for the very first time.

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two

Read a random quote or see all quotes by Chögyam Trungpa.

Further quotes from the book The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion:

• An immense sense of freedom
• Facing the facts of life
• The sense of workability
• Who is speaking
• Love is utterly kind
• Relative truth
• Living up to your inheritance
• Seeing your confusion
• To work for others, you need composure
• Basic decency
• Brush Your Teeth with Egolessness
• Saddles, chairs, and green grass
• Putting others first
• Just keep opening and unfolding
• Passionlessness
• Compassion and egolessness go hand in hand
• The utterly visionary quality of love
• Great Compassion is the Source of Great Genuineness