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THE GENTLE WARRIOR IS ALSO FEARLESS
The confident warrior conducts himself with gentleness, fearlessness, and
intelligence. Gentleness is the warm quality of the human heart. Because of
the warmth of his heart the warrior's confidence is not too hard or
brittle. Rather it has a vulnerable, open, and soft quality. It is our
gentleness which allows us to feel warmth and kindness and to fall in love.
But at the same time we are not completely tender. We are tough as
well as soft. We are fearless as well as gentle. The warrior meets the
world with a slight sense of detachment, a sense of distance and precision.
This aspect of confidence...allows the warrior to meet challenges without
losing his integrity.
From "Foreword" to THE SUPERHUMAN LIFE OF GESAR OF LING, in THE
COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Eight, page 411.
found in buddhistpagan_l
The confident warrior conducts himself with gentleness, fearlessness, and
intelligence. Gentleness is the warm quality of the human heart. Because of
the warmth of his heart the warrior's confidence is not too hard or
brittle. Rather it has a vulnerable, open, and soft quality. It is our
gentleness which allows us to feel warmth and kindness and to fall in love.
But at the same time we are not completely tender. We are tough as
well as soft. We are fearless as well as gentle. The warrior meets the
world with a slight sense of detachment, a sense of distance and precision.
This aspect of confidence...allows the warrior to meet challenges without
losing his integrity.
From "Foreword" to THE SUPERHUMAN LIFE OF GESAR OF LING, in THE
COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Eight, page 411.
found in buddhistpagan_l