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Lineage as the Direct Antidote for Now

Lineage as the Direct Antidote for Now – HIGHLIGHT

This twentieth Parinirvana Day Message from the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham, was read to all Shambhala centres in 2007. One of my early memories is of a young man walking toward me down a village road in India. He was about twenty-eight years old, handsome, beaming, and ... continue
Posted April 3, 2010 by Editor
Video Offering: Basic Goodness and Harmony

Video Offering: Basic Goodness and Harmony – HIGHLIGHT

As Shambhala Centers around the world conduct a day of practice and related activities to commemorate the Parinirvana, or the passing into Nirvana, of the Vidyadhara the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, each year on April 4th the Shambhala Archives has provided centers with a short DVD ... continue
Posted April 3, 2010 by Editor
The Gift of Unbroken Lineage

The Gift of Unbroken Lineage – HIGHLIGHT

After a pilgrimage to India and Nepal, Carolyn Gimian contemplates the incredible gift Chogyam Trungpa gave us — a connection to the unbroken lineage of the Buddha. April 4th approaches. On this day in 1987 Chogyam Trungpa passed into nirvana. (For those not familiar with ... continue
Posted April 2, 2010 by
Parinirvana anniversary ceremonies for His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

Parinirvana anniversary ceremonies for His Holiness Penor Rinpoche – HIGHLIGHT

The first anniversary of the parinirvana of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche was observed at Namdroling Monastery in Southern India between March 14 and 18. The Sakyong’s personal assistant, Christoph Schoenherr, has sent the following report and photos. Over 5000 monks, nuns and lay practitioners gathered ... continue
Posted March 25, 2010 by Editor
For the Vidyadhara

For the Vidyadhara

A poem by Steven Shippee, written on the Twenty-Second Parinirvana of the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche   Chokyi Gyatso, you are like a phone call in the middle of my favorite show, like a doorbell when I’m drifting off, like that falling dream that startles me awake in the middle of ... continue
Posted April 27, 2009 by
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Parinirvana and CD Archive Fundraiser

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Parinirvana and CD Archive Fundraiser

The Vidyadhara Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche’s Parinirvana on April 4th, 2009 was a wonderful community celebration. We had the good the fortune of hosting our guest Acharya Dorje Loppon Lodro Dorje for the event, as well as over 80 community members. Food, poems, readings and stories were ... continue
Posted April 13, 2009 by Sarah
The Joy Continues

The Joy Continues – HIGHLIGHT

Excerpted from the book Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chogyam Trungpa by Jeremy Hayward A Middle Way If there is a middle way, even in regard to death, what might it be? To try to understand this, let us look at some ideas that Rinpoche himself conveyed to us ... continue
Posted April 10, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Generosity Is the Foundation of Enlightened Society, by Lady Diana Mukpo

Generosity Is the Foundation of Enlightened Society, by Lady Diana Mukpo – HIGHLIGHT

From a talk given at Sky Lake Lodge, April 3-5, 2009 during the program, “Creating Enlightened Society and the Parinirvana of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche” Together, we are marking the 22nd anniversary of the passing of the Vidyadhara. A friend of mine recently called me and said, “Well… ... continue
Posted April 9, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Sakyong’s Parinirvana Day Address

Sakyong’s Parinirvana Day Address – HIGHLIGHT

On April 4th, on the occasion of Parinirvana Day, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche addressed the Shambhala community worldwide from New York City. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche proclaimed Parinirvana Day to be “a day of remembering and gratitude” both for the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and for His Holiness Penor ... continue
Posted April 6, 2009 by Editor
The Fistfight is Over

The Fistfight is Over

A poem by Frank Ryan, written on the occasion of the 22nd Parinirvana of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Fistfight is Over Beyond coming or going our deepest longing and tender love. The fistfight is over. Now waltzing with phenomena which never strays from the expanse of your vast ... continue
Posted April 5, 2009 by Louise_Miller
Habitual Patterns by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Habitual Patterns by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Dear Sangha, In celebration of the Parinirvana of the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and in honor of his extraordinary, blazing and luminous mind, I’d like to make my yearly offering of a musical piece I wrote and recorded using his words from a 1979 Kalapa ... continue
Posted April 4, 2009 by
Two Poems from White Clouds: 108 Poems by John Castlebury

Two Poems from White Clouds: 108 Poems by John Castlebury

CHYRON FOR A WALK The yellow field or the green-tinted field The blue font scrawling in a neat hand   Pink rose looks strange out of its element Paperweight rocks from the beach sit idly   Stepping stones are nearly overgrown As blue font scrawls across yellow field   Rain steams off the road like ... continue
Posted April 4, 2009 by Jessica Sarapoff
Preface to Aspiration Highway: 108 Poems by John Castlebury

Preface to Aspiration Highway: 108 Poems by John Castlebury

My written request for an interview with my beloved wisdom teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was granted one evening in the Tenno Room at Kalapa Court. About a dozen of us students were meditating in an anteroom awaiting our turns. And when my turn came – did I ... continue
Posted April 4, 2009 by Jessica Sarapoff
Confidence by Steve Clorfeine

Confidence by Steve Clorfeine

I still reflect on some of the things the Vidyadhara said 30 years ago, about: the uplifting of education, the development of self-confidence and most of all the confidence he placed in us particularly the artists (who were always questioning themselves). It was in the years of the ... continue
Posted April 3, 2009 by
“How do you put the soap back in the dish?” and other short stories by Herb Elsky

“How do you put the soap back in the dish?” and other short stories by Herb Elsky

At a Los Angeles Dharma Art seminar 1980 Trungpa Rinpoche presented teachings about the connection between art and meditation practice.  After the talk there was the question and answer period. One woman raised her hand and said that she was a computer programmer but that what ... continue
Posted April 3, 2009 by
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