We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life. Nowness, or the magic of the present moment, is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present. When you appreciate a painting or a piece of music or a work of literature, no matter when it was created, you appreciate it now. You experience the same nowness in which it was created. It is always now.

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

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Further quotes from the book Shambhala:

• Refusing to give up on anyone
• You can relax and let go wherever you are
• Don’t Assume the Posture of a Wilted Flower
• Awaken the Genuine Heart of Sadness
• Our life is an endless journey
• Chaos in the world
• A very drastic measury
• Discovering real goodness
• Appreciate yourself
• Letting the world tickle your heart
• Look
• Discovering fearlessness
• Fear And Bravery
• Appreciate anything that exists
• Connecting to reality
• Discovering magic
• Inquisitiveness
• A magical place
• Stepping out of the cocoon