On a Limb with Claudiachogyam trumpa rinpoche | On a Limb with Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The sky and the bird. http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/the-sky-and-the-bird/ http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/the-sky-and-the-bird/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:01:58 +0000 On a Limb w Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2656

The sky with a bird in it

“Recently I read a story of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
the famous Tibetan Buddhist teacher. (….)
?One day he stood in front of the class and drew a V on a large sheet of paper.
‘What is this?’ he asked. ‘A bird,’ came the answer from everyone.
‘No,’ he replied, ‘it’s a picture of the sky with a bird flying through it.’”

–from Trusting Yourself by MJ Ryan

This story has been stuck in my head for weeks. I thought I would share it with you today. This week, I hope to be capable of seeing the sky AND the bird.

Happy Monday!

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