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CTR: This world does need your help so badly, very badly.
So on behalf of this world, [laughter]
I would like to request you to come and do something about it.
>> Pema Chödrön: He said, you know, the job of the teacher is to insult you,
to insult the ego.
>> CTR: Supposing if you become enlightened, then what?
You are about to become an ego maniac.
Dr Mitchell Levy: He said just study the dharma, which is the truth of trusting who you are.
That has nothing to do with religion.
>> Male #1: Almost where ever Chögyam Trungpa stepped in America,
Tibetan Buddhist centers sprang up.
>> Lee Weingrad: Someone asked him to talk about aggression in America.
He said, "I want to talk about the aggression in this room".
>> Pema Chödrön: He didn't hide his drinking. He didn't hide his sexuality.
Lots of his students were his lovers, and that was known.
>>Diana Mukpo: After being married to him for 17 years,
I would still sometimes lie in bed next to him and look at him
and think, "I have no idea who you are".
>> Pema Chödrön: People say to me, "How could an enlightened person do that?"
I do not know.