Chögyam Trungpa

“I received these teachings in response to askinghow we can dispel the darkness of these times.”

Warriorship

Warriorship here does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Here the word 'warrior' is taken from the Tibetan pawo, which literally means 'one who is brave.

Warriorship in this context is the tradition of humanbravery, or the tradition of fearlessness.

A warrior is one who does not accept the invitationor challenge.

Chögyam Trungpa

We cannot change the way the world isBut by opening to the world as it isWe may discover that gentleness, decency and bravery are available not only to us but to all human beings.

Chögyam Trungpa

Ground: We cannot change the way the world is

Path: But by opening to the world as it is

Fruition: We may discover that gentleness, decency and bravery are available not only to us but to all human beings.

Logics of This Module Derived from Shambhala

Ground, Path, Fruition

Container Principle

Vows

Ritual

Leader as Spiritual Warrior

Tuesday: Claiming our identity as warriors

Wednesday: The warrior refrains from aggression

a.m. The skillful means of non-aggressionp.m. Applying these skillful means

Thursday: The warrior develops fearlessness

Friday: Warriors at work

• To take responsibility for your own behavior• Intention to support others’ learning • To plunge into the unknown with companions• A willingness to explore fear & groundlessness

• Attend daily morning meditation• Attend every module session• Stay even if it gets hard• Daily homework assignments• Other duties as assigned

Vows

For the Sun Tzu, the key to leading effectivelyis knowing the elements that make up your

environment and then helping to arrange them so that their power becomes available.

Conflict is an inevitable resultof interdependenceand interconnectedness.It offers rich informationabout relationships andaspirations.

Knowing the other and knowing oneself, in one hundred battles no danger. Not knowing the other and knowing oneself,

One victory for one loss.

Not knowing the other and not knowing oneself,

In every battle certain defeat.

Art of War Key ConceptsInterconnectedness--the dynamic and interdependent web of causes and effects that make up

our world, the ‘heaven and the earth’ that we operate in whole and ever-changing, giving rise to chaos and challenge

the inevitability of encountering conflict whenever we engage the world

Taking whole as the overarching way of responding to conflict

Knowing as the essence of taking whole and the source of how to be

Victory, inclusive and without aggression, as the mark of the actions of a sage leader

Key Assumptions from Art of War

• Wholeness, interconnectedness, and change are not theoretical; they make possibilities

• Conflict is the messenger of wholeness and interdependence

• Accounting for everyone’s aspiration -‘Taking whole’- leads to enduring solution

• Knowing—combining intellect and intuition—reveals what’s available

• Victory can be found not made.

Pacifying

Enriching

Magnetizing

Destroying

For a current situation where there’s conflict, tension or everyone feels stuck

Taking whole

– Name and describe all the different people and groups who are part of this situation. Draw as a map, rather than a list

– Once you’ve finished, think again• Who else needs to be on the map?• Think laterally, keep thinking bigger

– what are the aspirations of others?• be as specific as possible—include as many as you can

identify• how do you know these are their aspirations?• whose aspirations do you not know?

-- what is your desired outcome?• how does this outcome forward your organization or

group’s purpose?• have you set unnecessary limits on your outcome?

Effective Leadership

• what dynamics and opportunities are present that you might use to accomplish your outcomes?

• how can you help to arrange these different elements to find victory?

• if you can’t get destination, go for direction

• To take responsibility for your own behavior• Intention to support others’ learning • To plunge into the unknown with companions• A willingness to explore fear & groundlessness

• Attend daily morning meditation• Attend every module session• Stay even if it gets hard• Daily homework assignments• Other duties as assigned

Vows

We cannot change the way the world isBut by opening to the world as it isWe may discover that gentleness, decency and bravery are available not only to us but to all human beings.

Chögyam Trungpa

The warrior who is fearlessis not caught in the ambush of hope

Sadness and joy are one in basic goodness.

Don’t try to push out the nightmare, Don’t try to bring in the bliss. Just rest in basic goodness.

“As the warrior proceeds on the path, he or she may go through phases of intense fear. Frequently, such fear comes out of nowhere. It just happens; it just hits you.It may cause you to question everything in yourself: everything you have studied, everything you have learned and understood, as well as your general life situation. You feel the wretchedness of the world around you, as well as within yourself.” in Smile at Fear Chögyam Trungpa

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Warriors at Work

The warriors have discipline; they maintain that discipline.Therefore they are uplifted and very joyful.

“We must live by the love of what we will never see. This is the secret of discipline.”

The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is,

we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others.

That is our richness.

Chögyam Trungpa

Who do I choose to be for this world?

I stand among you as one who offers a small message of hope. . . there are always people who dare to seek on the margin of society, who are not dependent on social acceptance, not dependent on social routine, and prefer a kind of free-floating existence under a state of risk.

Thomas Merton

Again and again,some people in the crowd wake up.

They have no ground in the crowd and they emerge according to broader laws. They carry strange customs with them, and demand room for bold gestures.

The future speaks ruthlessly through them. Ranier Maria Rilke

Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect.

Beyond Hope and Fear

The range tends to narrow down, but it gets much more real. In the end, it is the reality of personal relationships that saves everything.

Thomas Merton

Beyond Hope and Fear

As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results, but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself. And there too a great deal has to be gone through, as gradually you struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people.

Beyond Hope and Fear

Perseverance

A knife suspended over a heart

A Prophecy from the Hopi Nation EldersA Prophecy from the Hopi Nation Elders

Here is a river flowing now very fast.Here is a river flowing now very fast.It is so great and swift that there are those who will be It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid, who will try to hold on to the shore.afraid, who will try to hold on to the shore.They are being torn apart and will suffer greatly.They are being torn apart and will suffer greatly.

Know that the river has its destination.Know that the river has its destination.The elders say we must let go of the shore.The elders say we must let go of the shore.Push off into the middle of the river,Push off into the middle of the river,and keep our heads above water.and keep our heads above water.

And I say see who is there with you and celebrate.And I say see who is there with you and celebrate.At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves,least of all ourselves,for the moment we do, our spiritual growth and journey for the moment we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.come to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over.The time of the lone wolf is over.Gather yourselves.Gather yourselves.Banish the word struggle from your attitude and Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary.vocabulary.

All that we do now must be done in All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in a sacred manner and in celebration.celebration.

For we are the ones we have been For we are the ones we have been waiting for.waiting for.

from the Hopi Eldersfrom the Hopi Elders

A Path for Warriors  We are grateful to discover our right work and happy to be engaged in it.  We embody values and practices that offer us meaningful lives now. We let go of needing to impact the future. We accept that we cannot change the systems of power that have emerged.  We refrain from adding to the aggression, fear and confusion of this time. We welcome every opportunity to practice our skills of compassion and insight, no matter how challenging they may be. We resist seeking the illusory comfort of certainty and stability.

• We delight when our work achieves good results yet let go of needing others to adopt our successes.

• We understand that all problems have complex causes.

We refrain from placing blame on any one person or cause, including ourselves and colleagues.

• We are vigilant with our relationships, mindful to counter

act the polarizing dynamics of this time.

• We embody the confidence that humans can get through anything as long as we're together.

• We stay present to the world as it is with open minds and

hearts, knowing this nourishes our gentleness, decency and bravery.

• We care for ourselves as tenderly as we care for others,

taking time for rest, reflection and renewal. • We are richly blessed with moments of delight, humor,

grace and joy. We are grateful for these.