Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and VisionChögyam Trungpa is virtually synonymous with the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Over the course of his seventeen-year teaching career in North America, Trungpa ushered in a radically new approach to spirituality—both rooted in the ancient wisdom of the buddhadharma and thoroughly situated in the contemporary world. His teachings, grounded in what he called the "Shambhala vision," focused on the development of an enlightened society through the transformation of ordinary, everyday life into sacred activity. Steering between Western biography and traditional Tibetan hagiography, Fabrice Midal takes you on a soaring journey through Trungpa’s life and teachings. Touching on all of the most momentous events, this series of glimpses into Chögyam Trungpa’s world provides a rare view on the formation of Trungpa’s thought and the remarkable body of teachings and writings that remain as his legacy. Included are accounts of: • Chögyam Trungpa’s education in Tibet under the tutelage of great tantric masters, like Jamgön Kongtrül of Sechen and Khenpo Gangshar • The founding of landmark centers for Buddhist practice and education, such as the Naropa Institute (now Naropa University), Karmê Chöling, and the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center (now the Shambhala Mountain Center) • Trungpa’s historic meeting with the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974, the first-ever visit of the Karmapa to America • Behind-the-scenes stories of Trungpa’s most treasured writings, including Meditation in Action, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior • And much more |
Contents
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MEDITATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SITTING | 61 |
Description of the Practice | 67 |
THE KARMAPAS VISIT AND THE INTRODUCTION | 289 |
A Turning Point | 295 |
Chapter Fifteen | 305 |
Savoirvivre and table manners | 313 |
Oryoki | 319 |
The World of Shambhala | 325 |
Chapter Sixteen | 337 |
The Qualities Game | 344 |
From the Simplicity of Shamatha to the Primordial | 74 |
Chapter Four | 81 |
HOW CHÖGYAM TAUGHT TRUNGPA | 101 |
Three Styles of Transmission | 109 |
Chapter | 119 |
The Narrow Path | 125 |
The Abrupt | 132 |
Presenting Everything | 138 |
Tantra as Ground | 148 |
Chapter Eight | 167 |
Chapter Nine | 185 |
The Mudra Theater Meeting | 191 |
The Mudra Group | 197 |
PRESENTING THE SHAMBHALA TEACHINGS | 201 |
Discovering in Our Hearts a Sense of Genuine | 207 |
A Complete Cycle | 216 |
How to Enter into Relationship with the Dralas | 228 |
RETHINKING EDUCATION | 249 |
The Schools | 259 |
Chapter Thirteen | 265 |
Photography and Cinema | 271 |
Painting and Calligraphy | 284 |
Daily Life with Chögyam Trungpa | 352 |
The Creation of a Mandala or Court | 360 |
Deliberate Art and Art in Everyday Life | 373 |
The Richness of Perception Transcends All Aggression | 381 |
The Need to Unite Spirituality and Politics | 391 |
Propagating Human Dignity | 401 |
Sacred Order | 407 |
Chapter Twenty | 423 |
Diana Mukpo Sakyong Wangmo | 431 |
The Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin | 437 |
The Dorje Loppön Responsible for the Three Yanas | 444 |
Chapter Twentyone | 455 |
The Path of the Kasung | 461 |
Chapter Twentytwo | 471 |
Chapter Twentythree | 483 |
Contact with All Aspects of Students Lives | 490 |
His Death and Continuing Presence | 498 |
Afterword | 507 |
Acknowledgments | 519 |
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