The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa Collected Works: Volume Two (107 page)

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Dakini
principle

See also
Feminine principle

Dalai Lama XIV (Tenzin Gyatso)

Dana
(generosity)

See also
Generosity

Death

communication, importance of

making friends with

physical environment and

shunyata
and

truthfulness with the dying

ultimate instruction on

Western attitudes toward

working with

Deity practice

Delusion.
See
Ignorance,
klesha
of

Democracy

Depression

Devotion

discipline and

in preliminary practices

to spiritual friend

to spiritual teacher

vajrayana approach

Dhammapada

Dharma

approach to

commitment to

conviction in

degeneration of

discipline of

extremes of

hunger for

mutual responsibilities of teacher and student

obstacles to practice

perversion of

study of

See also
Teachings

Dharma Art (teachings)

“Dharma for leprosy”

Dharmakaya

Dharmakirti (Tib. Serlingpa)

Dharmapalas

Dharmic person, becoming

Dhyana

See also
Meditation

Diamond Sutra

Dikpa
(evil deeds)

Discipline

in Buddhist tradition

commitment and

confidence and

dharma protectors and

education and

joy in

levels of

paramita

sitting practice and

in therapeutic environments

training and

See also
Shila

Discursive thoughts

Dissatisfaction as ground

Distractions, working with

Divination

Divine forces

Dogma

Döns
(ghosts)

Doubt

Dreams

Dripa
(obscurations)

Dromtönpa

Drubgyü.
See
Kagyü Lineage

Dualistic fixation

See also
Ego

Duality

cognition and

as reference point

in second
skandha

shunyata
and

transcending

without comparison

Duhkha. See
Suffering

Education

in America

Buddhist approach to

discipline in

enlightened society and

philosophy of

Ego

awareness of itself

on bodhisattva path

buddha nature and

clinging

definitions of

development of

double-cross of

fixation

hinayana and mahayana views of

maintenance

meditation and

overcoming

physical body and

“Ego game”

Egolessness

abhidharma
and

awareness and

compassion and

knowledge of

loneliness and

prajna
and

shunyata
and

spiritual materialism and

Egotism

Eido Roshi

Eight consciousnesses

Eighth consciousness

differentiated from basic ground

Embryonic compassion

Emotions

Buddhist view of

compassionate aspect of

conflicting

suppression of

working with

See also
Irritation, working with

Emptiness (
shunyata
)

boredom and

dwelling on

form and

of phenomena

skandhas
and

See also
Shunyata

Encounter groups

Encounter therapy

Encouragement, three types

Energy

beyond ego

existence of

types of

working with

Enlightened society

Enlightenment

attainment of

bodhichitta
and

common sense and

loneliness and

nature of

perfect (
samyaksambodha
)

“professional approach” to

reality of

repulsion toward

scholarship and

seed of (
see
Buddha nature)

sudden

Entering a Path of Enlightenment (
Bodhicharyavatara
)

Environment.
See
Atmosphere

Externalism

Eternity

Evil

coexistence with good

deeds

thoughts

Exchanging oneself for others

See also
Tonglen

Exertion

Exhibitionism in spiritual practice

Existence

of experience

nonexistence and

of the self

of self and other

Existential therapy

Expectation

Faith

Falling off the path

Familiarization

Fear

of death

identification and

of losing self

perception and

Fearlessness

“Feeding the ghosts”

Feeling (second
skandha
)

deceptive quality

dualism of

in other
skandhas

perception and

without concept

Feeling (seventh
nidana
)

Feminine principle

Five buddha families

See also
under individual family

Five paths

See also
Accumulation, path of

Five
skandhas

awareness of

definition of
skandha

evolution of

meditation and