Chogyam Trungpa

1939-1987, Tibetan Buddhist Leader, Writer, Translator

Attention / Awareness
The bodhisattva never seeks a trance state, bliss, or absorption. He is simply awake to life situations as they are. He is particularly aware of the continuity of meditation with generosity, morality, patience, and energy. There is a continual feeling of "awake."
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism , 1973

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004