Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
A Religion, Buddhism, Nonfiction book. Where does fear come from? It comes from basic bewilderment....
Many of us, without even realizing it, are dominated by fear. We might be aware of some of our fears—perhaps we are afraid of public speaking, financial hardship, or losing a loved one. But in this book meditation master Chögyam Trungpa shows us that most of us suffer from a far more pervasive form of fear: the fear of ourselves. We feel ashamed and embarrassed to look at our feelings or acknowledge our styles of thinking and behaving; we don’t want to face the reality of our moment-to-moment experience. It is this fear that keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering, despair, and distress. Chögyam Trungpa offers us a vision of moving beyond fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and delight in life that lies at the core of our being. Drawing on the Shambhala tradition and on Buddhist teachings, he explains how we can each become a...
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We also have to give up the notion of a divine savior, which has nothing to do with what religion we belong to, but refers to the idea of someone or something who will save us without our having to go through any pain. In fact, giving up that kind of false hope is the first step. We have to be with ourselves. We have to be real people. There is no way of beating around the bush, hoping for the best. If you are really interested in working with yourself, you cant lead that kind of double life, adopting ideas, techniques, and concepts of all kinds, simply... Warrior here is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo. Pa means brave, and wo makes it a person who is brave. The warrior tradition we are discussing is a tradition of bravery. You might have the idea of a warrior as someone who wages war. But in this case, we are not talking about warriors as those who engage in warfare. Warriorship here refers to fundamental bravery and fearlessness. Warriorship Chgyam Trungpa, Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery // The author presents practical advice, but not quick fixes. He is trying to help us fundamentally transform our lives and our perceptions so that we can conquer fear, not simply suppress it for a time. To become truly fearless, he suggests, we must stop running from our fear and begin to make friends with it. We must learn to smile at fear. Chgyam Trungpa, Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery //
This book was suggested to me as a different way of looking at the warrior. Many friends had encouraged me to embrace my warrior side but I associated the word "warrior" with violence. In this book Trungpa describes the type of warrior that could (and does) change the world through non-violence. I would recommend this to anyone wishing... This was a surprise and a delight. I listened to the new audio version, and the humor of this just shines. Yes it's sort of a primer for Buddhist thought as well, but the conversational tone and the marvelous way things are said make the book so much more. I love that in a book, I love it when words are able to make me laugh and think... Although not a buddhist myself I have read many buddhist books and found them interesting and useful. This I did not and gave up half way through. I did not like the bad language and the use of illustrations. Perhaps a bad translation, but there are other books more enlightening, I would not recommend this one.
