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Life of Chögyam Trungpa 3 – HIGHLIGHT
The third in a series of panels depicting the life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. These seven panels provide a very brief overview of the life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in Tibet and in the West. They were prepared by a team led by Konchok Foundation director David Garrett with ... continuePosted April 17, 2017 by CGH
Life of Chögyam Trungpa 2 – HIGHLIGHT
The second in a series of panels depicting the life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. These seven panels provide a very brief overview of the life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in Tibet and in the West. They were prepared by a team led by Konchok Foundation director David Garrett with ... continuePosted April 13, 2017 by CGH
Absolutely Suicidal – HIGHLIGHT
Remembering the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche by Larry Mermelstein article originally published on the Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche One day in Boulder, circa 1978, Larry Mermelstein had a very interesting conversation with Trungpa Rinpoche about relationships. Here for Valentine’s Day, is his account of that conversation. Often when I ... continuePosted February 14, 2016 by Dan
The Qualities Game – HIGHLIGHT
Remembering the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche by Tom Pinson, Montreal article originally published on the Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Here is the story of Tom Pinson playing the Qualities Game with Rinpoche at the 1984 Seminary. My stories of the Vidyadhara are pretty uneventful. As a kasung, as personal ... continuePosted December 10, 2015 by Dan
Grandmother’s Audience
…as told by Sarah Cox to Elizabeth Richardson originally published on the Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Born in 1890, Sarah Louise Buffington, was an unusually self determined woman for her generation. With the onset of the First World War, she traveled to France (against her father’s wishes) ... continuePosted September 4, 2015 by Dan
Turn it Yourself – HIGHLIGHT
A Recollection of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche by Frank Berliner edited from a Chronicles interview on 18 March 2002 My first recollection of the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was when he gave meditation instruction to all the new students at the first session of Naropa in 1974. I remember sitting ... continuePosted August 10, 2015 by Dan
Devotion and Crazy Wisdom – HIGHLIGHT
Reviewing the New Release of Devotion and Crazy Wisdom: Teachings on the Sadhana of Mahamudra Available through Shambhala Media written by Frank Ryan In 1963 Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche received a Spaulding scholarship to attend Oxford University. Sailing from Bombay to Tilbury aboard the P&O Line he immersed himself into ... continuePosted June 18, 2015 by Dan
Tweeting Guru Yoga
Joe Schoech shares a tweet on this auspicious day. me irl pic.twitter.com/nv7tJZrKUI — br◎ (@on3ness) April 4, 2015 continuePosted April 4, 2015 by
A Picture of the Sky
Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche …a course at the University of Colorado – Winter, 1971 (see part 1 here) Part 2 by John J. Baker …But there is another subtler way to ... continuePosted September 17, 2014 by
The Three Bodies of the Buddha – HIGHLIGHT
Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche …a course at the University of Colorado – Winter, 1971 by John J. Baker In the fall of 1970 Bob Lester, then Chairman of the Religious ... continuePosted September 17, 2014 by
The Early Years, part 2 – HIGHLIGHT
Trungpa Rinpoche in monastic robes in Scotland, circa 1967Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche The Early Years in Colorado, part 2 by Clarke Warren The First Public Talk and Poetry Reading at Macky Auditorium Trungpa ... continuePosted September 9, 2014 by
Chogyam Trungpa: The Early Years – HIGHLIGHT
Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche The Early Years in Colorado by Clarke Warren This is an account of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s early years in Colorado. It is based on interviews with people who ... continuePosted September 8, 2014 by
Place Your Thoughts Here – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Times is pleased to share another new “Summer Read”: Steven Saitzyk’s new book, “Place Your Thoughts Here”. Read below to find out why he wrote this book. article by Steven Saitzyk It is said that most authors end up writing the book they would like to read. ... continuePosted July 12, 2014 by
Cultivating Clean Friendship… – HIGHLIGHT
miksang …in the Sangha written by Maya Rook edited by Ani Dawa Chotso “The sangha is the community of people who have the perfect right to cut through your trips and feed you with their wisdom, as well as the perfect right to demonstrate their own neurosis and be seen ... continuePosted May 9, 2014 by
Brief Encounters with a Dragon – HIGHLIGHT
Remembering Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche These few “Brief Encounters” are brought to you courtesy of the wonderful work of the folks at The Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche “The Usual” from Valerie Lorig During 1985 and 1986 I attended Rinpoche weekly. Upon entering his room, there was often a vast sense ... continuePosted April 6, 2014 by