Read The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: 3 Online
Authors: Chögyam Trungpa
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Chögyam Trungpa was a calligrapher, painter, poet, designer, and photographer as well as a master of Buddhist meditation. Drawn from his many seminars and talks on the artistic process, this work presents his insights into art and the artist.
Timely Rain: Selected Poetry of Chögyam Trungpa
(Shambhala Publications, 1998)
With a foreword by Allen Ginsberg, this collection of poems was organized thematically by editor David I. Rome to show the breadth of the poet’s work. Core poems from
Mudra
and
First Thought Best Thought
are reprinted here, along with many poems and “sacred songs” published here for the first time.
Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala
(Shambhala Publications, 1999)
This sequel and complement to
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
offers more heartfelt wisdom on Shambhala warriorship.
Glimpses of Space: The Feminine Principle and Evam
(Vajradhatu Publications, 1999)
Two seminars on the tantric understanding of the feminine and masculine principles, what they are and how they work together in vajrayana Buddhist practice as the nondual experience of wisdom and skillful means.
The Essential Chögyam Trungpa
(Shambhala Publications, 2000)
This concise overview of Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings consists of forty selections from fourteen different books, articulating the secular path of the Shambhala warrior as well as the Buddhist path of meditation and awakening.
Glimpses of Mahayana
(Vajradhatu Publications, 2001)
This little volume focuses on the attributes of buddha nature, the development of compassion, and the experience of being a practitioner on the bodhisattva path of selfless action to benefit others.
For more information please visit
www.shambhala.com
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RESOURCES
For information about meditation instruction or to find a practice center near you, please contact one of the following:
Shambhala International
1084 Tower Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 2Y5
phone: (902) 425-4275
fax: (902) 423-2750
website:
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Shambhala Europe
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phone: 49-221-31024-00
fax: 49-221-31024-50
e-mail:
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Karmê Chöling
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Barnet, Vermont 05821
phone: (802) 633-2384
fax: (802) 633-3012
e-mail:
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Shambhala Mountain Center
4921 Country Road 68C
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado 80545
phone: (970) 881-2184
fax: (970) 881-2909
e-mail:
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Gampo Abbey
Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia
Canada B0E 2P0
phone: (902) 224-2752
e-mail:
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Naropa University is the only accredited, Buddhist-inspired university in North America. For more information, contact:
Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80302
phone: (303) 444-0202
e-mail:
[email protected]
website:
www.naropa.edu
Audio recordings of talks and seminars by Chögyam Trungpa are available from:
Kalapa Recordings
1084 Tower Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 2Y5
phone: (902) 420-1118, ext. 19
fax: (902) 423-2750
e-mail:
[email protected]
website:
www.shambhalashop.com
The Chögyam Trungpa website
This website includes a biography, information on new releases by and about Chögyam Trungpa, a description and order information for all of his books, plus links to related organizations.
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INDEX
Note: Index entries from the print edition of this book have been included for use as search terms. They can be located by using the search feature of your e-book reader
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LL BOOKS, ARTICLES, POEMS, SONGS, AND SEMINARS
are attributed to Chögyam Trungpa unless otherwise cited. Owing to the subtle content of the poems, only their titles have been indexed.
Abhisheka
(empowerment)
fourth (“suchness”)
as meeting of minds
Vajrayogini
vase
“Acknowledging Death” (article)
Adhishihana
(blessing)
Aggression
depression as
environment of
father tantra and
hell realm and
meditation as absence of
negativity as
nowness vs.
pride as
speed as
spirituality and
AH (seed syllable)
Alayavijnana
Alcohol
use of
as amrita
creativity of
hinayana teachings on
morality and
vs. other inebriants
transmuting effects of
See also
Intoxication
“Alcohol as Medicine or Poison” (article)
All-encompassing wisdom
Allione, Tsultrim
Aloneness
as egolessness
as marriage of shunyata and compassion
Alpert, Richard.
See
Ram Dass
Ambition
of ego
spiritual
“American Karma” (seminar)
American poetry
American Theosophist
Amitabha (Padmapani)
pure land of
Amrita
Analogies
bodhisattva activity: as moon shining in hundred bowls of water
bodhisattva conduct: as walk of an elephant
body of ego: skandhas, as bones; thoughts, as blood; emotions, as muscles
Buddhism: as transcendental common senses
compassion and prajna: as fish in water
disappointment: as best chariot for path of dharma
ego activity: as three lords of materialism
emotions: as generals in ego’s army
emperor of universe: as grain of sand
enlightenment: as sun appearing from behind clouds
experience of truth: as being grain of sand
guru: as mirage of lake in desert of egolessness
“hard facts”: as living corpse
human realm: life stuck in traffic jam of discursive thought
life: as a straight drink
lineage teachings: as warm, fresh baked bread
meditation: as “slit in artery”
mundane life: as chunky, eatable, delicious nourishment between two pieces of bread
religion: as prefab home with wall-to-wall carpeting
running the world: as expression of sanity
spirituality: as bondage by golden chain
suffering: as broom that sweeps away cause of suffering
taking refuge: as getting on train with no reverse or brakes
tantra: as alchemical practice transmuting lead to gold
thoughts: as ego’s army
warrior: as tiger in jungle
Anderson Sensei, Tenshin
Anger
hell realm
vajra
Animal realm
lack of humor in
stupidity of
“tank” mentality of
Anitya Bhavan (“House of Impermanence”)
Antipoverty attitude
Anuttaratantra
fourfold abhisheka of
Anu yoga
Anxiety
Ape/animal instinct
Appreciation, sense of
Argüelles, José and Miriam
Arhat
self–enlightenment of
Arrogance, as obstacle to devotion
Art
ego as brilliant work of
fascination with
self–consciousness and
transmutation through
Asceticism, ultimate
Ashoka (emperor)
Asura
realm.
See
Jealous god realm
Atomistic pluralism
Avalokiteshvara
Shariputra and
Avidya. See
Ignorance
Awakened state
glimpse of
irritation of
karmic process vs.
qualities of
spontaneity of
Awareness
becoming one with
conceptualization as veil to
drinking alcohol and
environmental
letting go of
as “making stable”
mindfulness and
panoramic
postmeditation
as snowflake
of true nature
vipashyana, of space
without watcher