Introduction to Volume Seven xv
DHARMA ART
Acknowledgments 3
Editor's Introduction 5
Dharma Art�Genuine Art 13
Discovering Elegance 15
Great Eastern Sun 20
Basic Goodness 26
Meditation 31
Art in Everyday Life 37
Ordinary Truth 44
Empty Gap of Mind 49
Coloring Our World 56
New Sight 80
The Process of Perception 84
Being and Projecting 88
Lost Horizons 90
Giving 94
Self-Existing Humor 98
Outrageousness 101
Wise Fool 106
Five Styles of Creative Expression 112
Nobody's World 117
Choiceless Magic 121
One Stroke 128
The Activity of Nonaggression 132
State of Mind 135
Heaven, Earth, and Man 141
Endless Richness 145
Back to Square One 149
Art Begins at Home 157
Sources 161
THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY:
JOINING HEAVEN AND EARTH
Introduction by David I. Rome 165
Heaven, Earth, and Man 179
1. Dharma and Art 179
2. Creation 184
3. Perception 186
4. The Mandala of the Four Karmas 192
5. Discipline 202
6. Art and Society 212
Selected Calligraphies 217
Appendix: About the Seals 246
Notes 252
Sources 255
Selected Chronology 256
VISUAL DHARMA:
THE BUDDHIST ART OF TIBET
Introduction 261
Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet 263
Background and History 263
Elements of Iconography 268
Five Buddha Families 277
SELECTED POEMS
Full Moon No Clouds 283
The Spontaneous Song of Entering into the Blessings and Profound Samaya of the Only Father Guru 284
A Son of Buddha 286
Stray Dog 288
Garuda Is the Mighty Force 289
The Song of the Wanderer 290
May the Great Revolutionary Banner 291
The Wind of Karma 292
Poem 293
Listen, Listen 294
Three-Bladed Missile 295
Whistling Grasses of the Esk Valley 297
This Marriage 299
Song 301
In the North of the Sky 303
Good-bye and Welcome 306
Meteoric Iron Mountain 307
The Zen Teacher 309
American Good Intentions, 310
First Thought 313
Samsara and Nirvana 315
Gain and Loss 317
Cynical Letter 319
Dignified Rocky Mountain 321
Charnel Ground 322
Philosopher Fool 323
Does Love Kill Anybody? 325
Our Seduction 327
A Letter to Marpa 328
Aphorisms 331
The Nameless Child 333
The Myth of Freedom 335
Haiku 337
The Red Flag Flies 338
The Sword of Hatred 339
Silk Road 341
Tibetan Pilgrim 342
Trans World Air 343
A Flower Is Always Happy 344
True Tantra Groupie 345
Glorious Bhagavad-Ghetto 347
Tail of the Tiger 349
Naropa Institute, 1974 350
Pema Yumtso 356
To Britain's Health 359
Lion Roars Sunset over Rockies' East Slope 362
Supplication to the Emperor 372
Literal Mathematics 375
One Way 377
Shasta Road 378
Palm Is 380
Burdensome 382
Ts�ndr� Namltha 383
Pema Semma 385
Dying Laughing 387
Ktinga Garma 389
1111 Pearl Street: Victory Chatter 393
Wait and Think 395
Missing the Point 397
RMDC, Route 1, Livermore 399
To Gesar of Ling 401
Love's Fool 402
Report from Loveland 404
Testimonial 407
1018 Spruce Street (and K.A.) 408
1135 10th Street (and G.M.) 411
1111 Pearl Street (and D.S.) 413
78 Fifth Avenue 414
The Alden (and Thomas Frederick) 417
Commentary on "The Alden (and Thomas Frederick)" 420
Aurora 7 (#1) 425
Aurora 7 (#2) 427
1111 Pearl Street: Off Beat 429
Aurora 7 (and Nyingje Sheltri) 431
Shambhala Anthem 434
Pan-American Dharmadhatu III 436
So Bright and So Vulnerable 438
Glory Be to the Kasung 439
Tibetan Lyrics 441
Asleep and Awake 442
Conspicuous Gallantry 443
Great Eastern Daughterlet 446
Whycocomagh? 447
Lion's Roar 449
Halifax 450
Latest Early Conclusion 451
Timely Rain 454
Pan-Dharmadollar 455
Meetings with Remarkable People 459
International Affairs: The Cosmic Joke of 1977 462
One Sound 467
Dixville Notch: Purrington House (and C.F.) 468
Afterthought 472
Anniversary 473
Don't Confuse This for Trick-or-Treat 474
Eternal Guest 479
Swallowing the Sun and Moon without Leaving the World in Darkness: Good Lady of Wisdom 480
Saddharma Punsters 483
Falling in Love with a Pair of Handcuffs 486
I Miss You So Much 489
The Doha of Confidence: Sad Song of the Four Remembrances 491
Bon Voyage 493
Memorial in Verse 494
To My Son 497
For Anne Waldman 498
As Long as the Sky Is Blue 499
Putting Up with the Trans-Canada 500
Buddhism in the Canadian Rockies 502
Praise to the Lady of the Big Heart 506
Not Deceiving the Earth (and M.S.N.) 507
Maestoso Drala 509
Trooping the Color 512
Drunken Elephant 513
Limp and Talk 514
How to Know No 515
International Affairs of 1979: Uneventful but Energy-Consuming 519
To the Noble Sangha 523
Auspicious Coincidence: Wealth and Vision 524
Fishing Wisely 526
Good Morning within the Good Morning 527
Haiku 2 529
Miscellaneous Doha 532
Expos�: Acknowledging Accusations in the Name of Devotion 533
Mixed Grill Dharma Served with Burgundy of Ground Mahamudra 1980 Vintage: The Elegant Feast of Timeless Accuracy 536
Growing Pains Are Over 539
Coming of Age of My Son Mantric Keltic Incantation 543
Merrier Than the Maritimes 545
La Conference du Soleil du Grand Est 548
Turning Point 551
You Might Be Tired of the Seat That You Deserve 552
When I Ride a Horse 554
Hunting the Setting-Sun Moon 555
Timely Innuendo 557
Why Reality Is So Real 558
Fearlessness and Joy Are Truly Yours 559
A Heart Lost and Discovered 561
Command 562
Golden Sun 563
As Skylarks Hunt for Their Prey 564
How to Be Old Shambhalians and Youthful Propagators of
Shambhala 565
How Typical Student Poetry Should Be 567
Death or Life 570
Early Testimony: Sun Will Never Set 571
Warmth in the House 573
Don't Go to the Dentist with Such Good Teeth 574
Natural Sanctuary without Shrine 576
Child's Concept of Death 577
Battle Cry 578
Farewell to Boulder 579
Sanity Is Joyful 582
Shambhala Is True 583
Embryonic Thunderbolt 585
How to Govern with Wisdom 586
Seasons' Greetings 587
Dance while Weeping 588
Four Season Haiku Tiger 590
The Meek: Powerfully Nonchalant and Dangerously Self-Satisfying 591
Swallowing the Moon as We Feel Free 593
Constantly Falling in Love 594
Never Flinching 595
Pure and Powerful as Peonies 597
Sound Cycles
Trishula 598
Sutra 598
Aham 599
Elocution Exercises
Instead of Americanism, Speak the English Language Properly! 600
Humor and Delight with the English Language 600
Playing with the English Language 601
SELECTED WRITINGS
Preface to First Thought Best Thought 605
Poets' Colloquium 608
Poetics 631
Tibetan Poetics 634
Visual Dharma: Film Workshop on the Tibetan Buddhist View of Aesthetics and Filmmaking 638
Prajna 654
Proclamation 662
Basic Sanity in Theater 667
Heaven, Earth, and Man 669
Perception and the Appreciation of Reality 683
Art of Simplicity: "Discovering Elegance" 686
Dharma Art Stresses Harmony and Elegance 691
Art and Education 697
Empowerment 704
Introduction to Disciples of the Buddha 709
Appendices
Introduction to First Thought Best Thought by Allen Ginsberg 719
Editor's Preface to First Thought Best Thought by David I. Rome 727
Editor's Afterword to Timely Rain by David I. Rome 731
Sources 739
Acknowledgments 751
A Biography of Chogyam Trungpa 755
Books by Chogyam Trungpa 761
Resources 767
Index 771
