It has been said in the Buddhist teachings that without exertion, you cannot journey on the path at all. When you are taking a holiday or a vacation, you are very inspired to wake up in the morning, because you are expecting to have a tremendous experience. Exertion is like the minute before you wake up on a holiday trip: you trust that you are going to have a good time, but you also have to put your effort into it. So true exertion is some kind of celebration and joy, which is free from laziness.
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Chögyam Trungpa
from the book Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
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Further quotes from the book Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness:
- Eating poisonous food
- Joyful path
- All irritations are crucial
- Nothing solid is really happening
- Whatever shakes you
- The mutual dance of love
- Learning to live with your sanity
- Aspiration
- Look Behind the Mask of Your Confusion
- Don’t Expect Applause