Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery

162 Pages·2010·1.72 MB·English

by  Chogyam Trungpa

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SMILE AT FEAR
Smile at Fear
Selected Titles by Chögyam Trungpa
AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
OF BRAVERY
Great Eastern Sun
Meditation in Action
Chögyam Trungpa
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
Ocean of Dharma Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian
The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa Foreword by Pema Chödrön
The Sanity We Are Born With
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
The Truth of Suffering
The Mishap Lineage
Shambhala
Boston & London
2010
Smile at Fear
Selected Titles by Chögyam Trungpa
AWAKENING THE TRUE HEART
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
OF BRAVERY
Great Eastern Sun
Meditation in Action
Chögyam Trungpa
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
Ocean of Dharma Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian
The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa Foreword by Pema Chödrön
The Sanity We Are Born With
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
The Truth of Suffering
The Mishap Lineage
Shambhala
Boston & London
2010
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When you are frightened by something, you have to
relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop
some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then
fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat
you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear, if you re-
alize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore
you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires
that, when you see fear, you smile.
—Chögyam Trungpa, Great Eastern Sun
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Contents
Foreword by Pema Chödrön ix
Editor’s Preface xi
Part One: The Way of the Warrior
1. Facing Yourself 3
2. Meditation: Touch and Go 11
3. The Moon in Your Heart 19
4. The Sun in Your Head 25
5. Indestructible Nature 29
6. Sacred World 35
7. The Education of the Warrior 39
8. Nonviolence 45
Part Two: The Path of Fearlessness
9. Overcoming Doubt 55
10. The Tools of Bravery 63
11. Unconditional Fearlessness 69
12. Joining Heaven and Earth 75
13. Making Friends with Fear 83
14. Monumental Nonexistence 87
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Part Three: Riding the Energy of Windhorse
15. Unconditional Confidence 93
16. Discovering Windhorse 97
17. The Spark of Confidence 103
18. The Other Side of Fear 107
19. Invincibility 111
20. How to Invoke Windhorse 115

Conclusion 121
Fearlessness and Joy Are Truly Yours 125
Editor’s Afterword 127
Sources 135
Further Readings and Resources 137
About Chögyam Trungpa 141
Index 143
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