Passionlessness is what enables you to practice the Dharma and to quiet your body, speech, and mind. It is related to the development of fearlessness and egolessness. The idea of self-existence, or ego, creates tremendous self-hatred, which automatically projects out to others. In contrast, when there is kindness to oneself and others, this automatically creates a quality of workability. It creates immense space or emptiness.

Chögyam Trungpa

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

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• The sense of workability
• Who is speaking
• Love is utterly kind
• Relative truth
• A taste of enlightenment
• 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
• An immense sense of freedom
• Just keep opening and unfolding
• Compassion and egolessness go hand in hand
• The utterly visionary quality of love
• Great Compassion is the Source of Great Genuineness