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Weekly Videodhara – HIGHLIGHT
Infusing the Presence of Chogyam Trungpa into Your Curriculum Complied by Jennifer Holder, with Carolyn Rose Gimian, Gordon Kidd, and Denny Blouin contributing. The Videodhara By Denny Blouin Forget the mahasiddha for the west business: Just CTR in b & w and color, speaking. In your face, your brain, your blood Mainline direct, ... continuePosted January 8, 2010 by Jennifer Holder
Kitchen Shrine at Dorje Dzong
Phyllis Segura offers recommendations for a kitchen shrine, inspired by our recent interview with Sangyum Wendy Friedman and Kusung Dapon Noel McLellan on Shambhala Households. Click on images to enlarge: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* ... continuePosted January 2, 2010 by Phyllis Segura
The Essential Chogyam Trungpa – HIGHLIGHT
It’s not too late to tune into “The Essential Chogyam Trungpa,” a twelve-week course hosted by the Chronicles of CTR. Led by Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Peter Volz and Clarke Warren, this course explores classic topics such as “The Battle of Ego,” “Lineage and Non-Theistic Devotion,” and ... continuePosted December 11, 2009 by
Chogyam Trungpa on Shambhala Sun – HIGHLIGHT
Teachings by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche The November 2009 issue of the Shambhala Sun features two new pieces, one by, and one about, Chogyam Trungpa. Look inside the November 2009 issue. Below are excerpts and links to classic teachings by Chogyam Trungpa from the Shambhala Sun archives. One-Shot ... continuePosted October 18, 2009 by
Buddhist Lists Meet Dharmic Riffs – HIGHLIGHT
Jennifer Holder interviews Acharya Judy Lief about her work on the Root Text Project. This project is an effort to compile 13 years of seminary transcripts into three volumes, one for each yana, that are organized by topic. To read more about the project, ... continuePosted October 11, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Rooted in the Three Yanas – HIGHLIGHT
Based on an interview with Acharya Judy Lief Click here to read Buddhist Lists Meet Dharmic Riffs, a Q & A with Acharya Lief about the Root Text Project. Every year, starting in 1973 until he died in 1986, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche taught a seminary that lasted ... continuePosted October 10, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Legacy Project In Depth – HIGHLIGHT
An interview with Carolyn Gimian, conducted by Andrew Safer for Radio Free Shambhala The publication of On Different Views and Paths, an interview with Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala International, which appeared on both the Radio Free Shambhala and Shambhala Times Web sites in July, ... continuePosted September 29, 2009 by
Special Event: The View of Mahamudra – HIGHLIGHT
A webcast of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, teaching on Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s song of realization Newly recovered and never before transmitted, “The View of Mahamudra” is a vajra SONG OF REALIZATION by the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The text that Thrangu Rinpoche will teach from was written ... continuePosted September 28, 2009 by
Rinpoche’s Gauntlet – HIGHLIGHT
By Steven Saitzyk Black and white photos courtesy of Andrea Roth In 1979, or maybe 1980, I met with a group of artists in Los Angeles about an installation. The person creating the installation was my teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, though in the art world he ... continuePosted September 4, 2009 by Steven Saitzyk
Acknowledging Death – HIGHLIGHT
By Chogyam Trungpa In discussing sickness, whether physical or mental, we should recognize the importance of our sense of survival. We want to survive, and when we talk about healing, we are talking about how to survive. Viewed from another angle, our strategy of survival is the ... continuePosted May 29, 2009 by
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 ... continuePosted April 10, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
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… ... continuePosted April 9, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Basic Anxiety Is Happening All the Time, by Chogyam Trungpa – HIGHLIGHT
This is an excerpt from the first book in the Root Text Project, The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation. If you purchase a copy from the Shambhala Shop, all proceeds will go to the project. We are born as human beings, as we ... continuePosted April 3, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Mark of a Mahasiddha: Letter from the Guest Editor for Parinirvana Day – HIGHLIGHT
On the occasion of the twenty-second anniversary of the Parinirvana of the Vidyadhara, the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, I am struck by how vast his influence has been on all of us and by the multiplicity of his manifestations. When I was the director of the ... continuePosted April 3, 2009 by
Meeting the Guru I Never Knew – HIGHLIGHT
The Vidyadhara’s presence is so profoundly with us, as the Sakyong says in THE DIRECT ANTIDOTE: “He is, in fact, here in the present, now more than ever. Even though many people… have never met him, he somehow has seeped into their inspiration.” How did you ... continuePosted April 3, 2009 by