Quote of The Day 3/27/13

"Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons."

-Chogyam Trungpa

Human emotion is undoubtedly a mystical and powerful asset of our nature.  It has given rise to many happenings in this world both great and small, meaningful and indifferent, good and bad.  Though one force trumps our hominid affectations: the power of the natural world we live in.  This we must accept unequivocally.  It is important to recognize this greater force, it keeps us humble and it keeps us grounded.  Except if you live in Southern California where there are no seasons...

Chogyam Trungpa (1939-1987) was a widely acknowledged teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.  Among his achievements were the establishment of Vajrahatu and Naropa Universities, the introduction of Vajrayana teaching in the West, and the translation of a great volume of Tibetan texts.  Aside from being a teacher, Trungpa was also a poet, an artist, and the pioneer for the progressive re-shaping of Shambala vision.  Though his teachings and ideas were considered controversial, Trungpa remains a pillar of Buddhist thought.