The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa Collected Works: Volume Two (103 page)

Tripitaka
(Skt., “three baskets”): The canon of Buddhist scriptures, which includes the vinaya (the origins of the Buddhist sangha and the rules of monastic discipline); the sutras (the discourses of the Buddha and his immediate disciples); and the abhidharma (a compendium of Buddhist psychology and philosophy).

utpattikrama
(Skt.): Visualization practice. One of the two stages of vajrayana sadhana practice in which one evokes awakened mind by visualizing a particular tantric deity.

vajra
(skt.; Tib.
dorje
): Adamantine or having the qualities of a diamond. In the vajrayana, vajra is the basic indestructible nature of wisdom and enlightenment. A vajra is also a tantric ritual scepter representing a thunderbolt, the scepter of the king of the gods, Indra.
See also
dorje.

vajrayana
(Skt.): “Indestructible vehicle” or “indestructible way.” The third of the three yanas of Tibetan Buddhism. The vajrayana emphasizes the attainment of vajra nature, or indestructible wakefulness, and its indivisibility with compassion. The practice of vajrayana emphasizes devotion to the guru, or vajra master. In the vajrayana, buddhahood is presented as already existing, available to be actualized through the skillful means of visualization, mantra, and mudra.

vidyadhara
(Skt.): Insight holder or “crazy-wisdom holder.” With a capital
V
, an honorific title given to Chögyam Trungpa.

vinaya
(Skt.):
See
Tripitaka.

vipashyana
(Skt.): Awareness practice. With shamatha, one of the two main modes of meditation common to most forms of Buddhism.

yana
(Skt.): A vehicle, in which, symbolically, the practitioner travels on the road to enlightenment. The different vehicles or yanas correspond to different views of the journey, and each yana comprises a body of knowledge and practice. The three great yanas in Tibetan Buddhism are the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana.

SOURCES

F
OR A DETAILED
account of the publication history of the writings listed below, see the introduction to the volume.

“Aggression,”
The Halifax Shambhala Centre Banner
12 (October 1998): 1, 15–20. © 1998 Diana J. Mukpo.

“An Approach to Meditation,”
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
5, no. 1 (1973): 62–74. © 1973 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“The Basic Ground and the Eight Consciousnesses,” in
Garuda IV: The Foundations of Mindfulness
. Berkeley, Calif.: Vajradhatu in Association with Shambhala Publications, 1976, 57–65. © 1976 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Becoming a Full Human Being,” in
Awakening the Heart: East/West Approaches to Psychotherapy and the Healing Relationship
. Edited by John Welwood. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1985, 126–131. Based on an article by the same title previously published in
The Naropa Journal of Psychology
1, no. 1. © by Diana J. Mukpo.

“The Birth of Ego,”
The Halifax Shambhala Centre Banner
8 (Summer 1994): 1, 26–27. © 1994 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Buddhadharma without Credentials,” in
Garuda III: Dharmas Without Blame
. Berkeley, Calif.: Vajradhatu in Association with Shambhala Publications, 1973, 36–39. © 1973 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Comparing the Heart,”
Naropa Magazine
1 (February 1984): 23–24. (This is a more complete and an earlier version of “Proclamation of Egolessness,” which was later published in
Speaking of Silence
.) © 1984 by Diana J. Mukpo.

“Compassion: A Talk by Vidyadhara the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche from the 1976 Seminary,”
Vajradhatu Sun
(April/May 1991): 11, 16. © 1991 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Creating an Environment of Sanity,”
The Naropa Institute Journal of Psychology
2 (1983): 1–10. © 1983 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Dedication,” in
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way
. Edited by Susan Walker. Mahwah, N.J.: The Paulist Press, 1987, p. v. © 1987 Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

“Dharmas without Blame,” in
Garuda III: Dharmas Without Blame
. Berkeley, Calif.: Vajradhatu in Association with Shambhala Publications, 1973, 4–8. © 1973 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Education for an Enlightened Society,”
The Karma Dzong Banner
7 (July/August 1993): 1, 6–9. © 1993 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Farming,” in
Gardening: Maitreya Three
. Berkeley, Calif.: Shambhala Publications, 1972, 36–38. © 1972 Diana J. Mukpo.

“From a Workshop on Psychotherapy,” in
Loka: A Journal from Naropa Institute
. Edited by Rick Fields. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1975, 71–73. © 1975, Nalanda Foundation/Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

Glimpses of Abhidharma
. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001. © 1975 Diana J. Mukpo.

Glimpses of Mahayana
. Edited by Judith L. Lief. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Vajradhatu Publications, 2001. © 2001 Diana J. Mukpo.

Glimpses of Shunyata
. Edited by Judith L. Lief. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Vajradhatu Publications, 1993. © 1993 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Hearty Discipline: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the Philosophy of Naropa Institute,”
Shambhala Sun
8 (January 2000): 48–49. © 2000 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“How to Meditate: A Talk to Young People,”
Shambhala Sun
6 (September 1997): 60. © 1997 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“Intrinsic Health: A Conversation with Health Professionals,”
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
11, no. 2 (1979): 111–115. © 1979 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“Is Meditation Therapy?”
Journal of Contemplative Psychotherapy
6 (1989): 3–10. © 1989 Diana J. Mukpo.

“The Lion’s Roar,”
Shambhala Sun
5 (March 1997): 32–35, 66–68. © 1997 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“The Meeting of Buddhist and Western Psychology,” in
Buddhist and Western Psychology
. Edited by Nathan Katz. Boulder, Colo.: Prajñā Press, 1983, 1–7. © 1982 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Natural Dharma,” in
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way
. Edited by Susan Walker. Mahwah, N.J.: The Paulist Press, 1987, 200–202. © 1987 Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

“Noble Heart,” in
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way
. Edited by Susan Walker. Mahwah, N.J.: The Paulist Press, 1987, 230–231. © 1987, Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

“Obedience,” in
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way
. Edited by Susan Walker. Mahwah, N.J.: The Paulist Press, 1987, 255–256. © 1987 Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

The Path Is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation
. Edited by Sherab Chödzin Kohn. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1995. © 1995 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Relating with Death,”
Vajradhatu Sun
(August/September, 1991): 15–16. © 1991 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Seven Characteristics of a Dharmic Person: A 1979 Seminary Talk by Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,”
Vajradhatu Sun
(June/July 1990): 17, 22. Originally published in the 1979
Hinayana-Mahayana Transcripts
. Boulder, Colo.: Vajradhatu Publications, 1980. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

“Sex,”
Shambhala Sun
3 (January, 1995): 42–51. © 1995 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“Space Therapy and the Maitri Community,” unpublished article by Chögyam Trungpa written in 1974. © 2003 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Space Therapy and the Maitri Project” by Marvin Casper,
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
6, no. 1 (1974): 57–67. Reprinted with permission.

“Sparks,” in
Loka: A Journal from Naropa Institute
. Edited by Rick Fields. Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1975, 18–19. © 1975, Nālandā Foundation / Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

“The Spiritual Battlefield,” in
Shambhala Sun
1 (January/February 1993): 36–39. © 1993 Diana J. Mukpo. Reprinted with permission.

“Taming the Horse, Riding the Mind,”
Naropa Magazine
1 (February, 1984). © 1984 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Theism and Nontheism,” in
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way
. Edited by Susan Walker. Mahwah, N.J.: The Paulist Press, 1987, p. 152. © 1987 Naropa Institute. Reprinted with permission.

Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
. Edited by Judith L. Lief. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1993. © 1993 Diana J. Mukpo. Translation of
The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind
© 1981, 1986 by Chögyam Trungpa; revised translation © 1993 by Diana J. Mukpo and the Nālandā Translation Committee. Translation of the “Forty-six Ways in Which a Bodhisattva Fails” © 1993 by the Nālandā Translation Committee. Reprinted with permission.

“Transpersonal Cooperation at Naropa,”
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
7, no. 1 (1975): 81–83. Reprinted with permission.

“The Wheel of Life: Illusion’s Game,” in
Garuda II: Working with Negativity
. Barnet, Vt.: Tail of the Tiger and Karma Dzong, 1972, 16–23. © 1972 Diana J. Mukpo.

“Work: Seeing Ordinary Things with Extraordinary Insight,”
Garuda II: Working with Negativity
. Barnet, Vt.: Tail of the Tiger and Karma Dzong, 1972, 31–34. © 1972 Diana J. Mukpo.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

M
ANY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED
to gathering the material that makes up Volume Two of
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa
. Thanks to Susan Szpakowski for providing copies of the material in
Speaking of Silence
, for permission to include these writings in Volume Two, and for providing copies of articles by Chögyam Trungpa that appeared in the
Naropa Magazine
. Thanks to Hathaway Gamble for connecting me with Sonja Margulies, a founding editor of the
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
, and to Sonja herself for so kindly sending me copies of Chögyam Trungpa’s articles in the
Journal
and for supplying information on the history of the editing and publication of the material. Thanks also to Miles Vich, who gathered the materials for Sonja, and to the
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
itself for permission to reproduce Trungpa Rinpoche’s material as well as a related article by Marvin Casper.

Thanks to Melvin McLeod, James Gimian, and other staff at the
Shambhala Sun
for access to the archives of the
Sun
and for help in locating and photocopying articles. Cynde Grieve, the editor of the
Halifax Shambhala Centre Banner
, was very accommodating in my search for original articles by Chögyam Trungpa in that publication. Tom Bonoma at Shambhala Publications photocopied many articles and mailed them to me. At the Shambhala Archives, Gordon Kidd and Cheryl Campbell were very accommodating of my research. Irini Rockwell loaned me several publications to photocopy and had much good information on the history of Maitri Space Awareness. Thanks to all of these people for their help.

At one point, when I discovered that many articles I had hoped to find in the Shambhala Archives were missing, I put an announcement on “sangha-announce,” a list-serv used by many members of the Shambhala International community. Many people responded that they had copies of the articles I needed. To all of them I am very grateful. I would particularly like to thank Derek Kolleeny and Jane Kolleeny, Malcolm Moore, and Wendy Nelson for sending me photocopies of out-of-print articles. Thanks as well to Fabrice Midal, who kindly provided me with a copy of “Space Therapy and the Maitri Community,” which I was unable to locate elsewhere. Fabrice referred to this article in his book
Trungpa
on the life and teachings of Chögyam Trungpa, which alerted me to its existence. My apologies if I have forgotten to name anyone else who helped with the gathering of material for Volume Two.

Of the books that are reproduced in Volume Two, one was edited by Sherab Chödzin Kohn and the remainder by Judith L. Lief. I would like to thank them both for their efforts. Additionally, Judy provided information on the history of the editing of these books, which I appreciated very much. Two of the books that appear in Volume Two are published by Vajradhatu Publications. I would like to thank them for permission to reproduce these volumes in full here. Special thanks to Cheryl Campbell and Ellen Kearney of Vajradhatu Publications, as well as again to Judy Lief, who is the editor in chief there.

To Scott Wellenbach and Larry Mermelstein of the Nālandā Translation Committee, my thanks for reviewing the introduction and pointing out doctrinal and historical errors. If any remain, they are my responsibility. To Shambhala Publications, its editor in chief, Samuel Bercholz, and editors Emily Hilburn Sell, Eden Steinberg, and Kendra Crossen Burroughs, and the many other fine people who have had a hand in this project, deepest thanks for the ongoing commitment to publishing the work of Chögyam Trungpa and for support for this series of books. And thanks to L. S. Summer for the index.

To Diana J. Mukpo and the Mukpo family, profound thanks for providing vision and support for the publication of Trungpa Rinpoche’s literary work. And most especially and most difficult to express, thanks to the author, Chögyam Trungpa, for his unceasing manifestation of awake mind and for his efforts to establish the buddhadharma in North America.

A BIOGRAPHY OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA

T
HE
V
ENERABLE
C
HÖGYAM
T
RUNGPA
was born in the province of Kham in eastern Tibet in 1939. When be was just thirteen months old, Chögyam Trungpa was recognized as a major tulku, or incarnate teacher. According to Tibetan tradition, an enlightened teacher is capable, based on his or her vow of compassion, of reincarnating in human form over a succession of generations. Before dying, such a teacher may leave a letter or other clues to the whereabouts of the next incarnation. Later, students and other realized teachers look through these clues and, based on those plus a careful examination of dreams and visions, conduct searches to discover and recognize the successor. Thus, particular lines of teaching are formed, in some cases extending over many centuries. Chögyam Trungpa was the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as the Trungpa Tulkus.