Essential Chogyam Trungpa

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Essential Chogyam Trungpa
By: Gimiam, C.R.

Essential Chogyam Trungpa <br> By: Gimiam, C.R.

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Author: Gimiam, C.R.
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1570624666 / 9781570624667
Publication Date: 1999

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Chogyam Trungpa was one of the most influential figures in the development of Buddhism in America. The first Tibetan lama to teach in English, he coined such phrases as "cutting through spiritual materialism," "crazy wisdom," and -- his pupil Allen Ginsberg's favorite -- "first thought best thought." Trungpa wrote more than two dozen books on Buddhism and the Shambhala path of warriorship, with over one million copies in print.

The Essential Chogyam Trungpa blends excerpts from bestsellers like Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Meditation in Action, and other titles into a concise overview of Trungpa's teachings. Forty selections from fourteen different books articulate the secular path of the Shambhala warrior as well as the Buddhist path of meditation and awakening. This "new classic" vividly demonstrates Trungpa's great appreciation of Western culture which, combined with his deep understanding of the Tibetan tradition, makes these teachings uniquely accessible to contemporary readers. It will appeal to beginning students of meditation as well as seasoned readers of Eastern religion.
The Essential Chogyam Trungpa, edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian, Shambhala Publications, 231 pp, $19.95

CONTENTS: The Essential Chogyam Trungpa
Editor's Preface		ix
Editor's Note		xiii
The Doha of Confidence		xvii

PART I. THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR
	Creating an Enlightened Society	3
	Discovering Basic Goodness	11
	The Genuine Heart of Sadness	17
	Discovering Magic	21
	The Art of the Great Eastern Sun	28
	The Universal Monarch	34

PART II. THE NOBLE WAY OF BUDDHA
INTRODUCTION		40
	The True Spiritual Path	40
	Padmasambhava and Spiritual Materialism	48
STYLES OF IMPRISONMENT		55
	Cosmic Joke	55
	Self-Absorption	59
	Paranoia	63
	Passion	65
	Stupidity	68
	Poverty	71
	Anger	73
MEDITATION		75
	Afterthought	75
	Meditation and Mind	76
	Mindfulness and Awareness	80
	Cool Boredom	87
	The Way of the Buddha	91
	Art in Everyday Life	94
	How Typical Student Poetry Should Be	101
MAHAYANA: WORKING WITH OTHERS		103
	The Manure of Experience and the Field of Bodhi	103
	The Bodhisattva Vow	114
	Compassion	117
	The Lion's Roar	123
	Acknowledging Death	127
	The Spiritual Friend	134
	The Lonely Journey	147
	Looking into the World	151
TANTRA: THE DIAMOND PATH		153
	Listen, Abushri	153
	Vajra Nature	157
	The Five Buddha Families	162
	Mahamudra	171
	Working with Negativity	179
	Crazy Wisdom	186
	Maha Ati	196

METEORIC IRON MOUNTAIN		205
EXCERPT FROM GREAT EASTERN SUN: THE WISDOM OF SHAMBHALA		208
GLOSSARY		219
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS		225
ABOUT THE AUTHOR		227
BOOKS BY CHOGYAM TRUNGPA		233
RESOURCES		239
INDEX		241

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