Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

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• As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Music
  • Silence
  • Stops