The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume Eight

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA

VOLUME ONE

Born in Tibet • Meditation in Action • Mudra
• Selected Writings

VOLUME TWO

Glimpses of Abhidharma • Glimpses of Mahayana • Glimpses of Shunyata • The Path Is the Goal • Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
• Selected Writings

VOLUME THREE

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism • The Heart of the Buddha • The Myth of Freedom
• Selected Writings

VOLUME FOUR

The Dawn of Tantra • Journey without Goal • The Lion’s Roar
• An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa

VOLUME FIVE

Crazy Wisdom • Illusion’s Game • The Life of Marpa the Translator
(Excerpts) •
The Rain of Wisdom
(Excerpts) •
The Sadhana of Mahamudra
(Excerpts) • Selected Writings

VOLUME SIX

Glimpses of Space • Orderly Chaos • Secret Beyond Thought • The Tibetan Book of the Dead:
Commentary •
Transcending Madness
• Selected Writings

VOLUME SEVEN

The Art of Calligraphy
(Excerpts) •
Dharma Art
•
Visual Dharma
(Excerpts) • Selected Poems • Selected Writings

VOLUME EIGHT

Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala • Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
• Selected Writings

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF

CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA

VOLUME EIGHT

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Great Eastern Sun:

The Wisdom of Shambhala

Selected Writings

EDITED BY

Carolyn Rose Gimian

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© 2004 by Diana J. Mukpo

Introduction to Volume Eight © 2004 by Carolyn R. Gimian

Frontispiece: Chögyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, ca. 1984. Photograph by Lee Weingrad. Used by permission.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trungpa, Chögyam, 1939–

[Works. 2003]

The collected works of Chögyam Trungpa / edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian; forewords by Diana J. Mukpo and Samuel Bercholz.—1st ed.

p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Spiritual life—Buddhism.   2. Buddhism—Doctrines.   I. Gimian, Carolyn Rose.   II. Title.

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CONTENTS

Introduction to Volume Eight

S
HAMBHALA
: T
HE
S
ACRED
P
ATH
OF THE
W
ARRIOR

Editor’s Preface

Foreword

PART ONE
   
How to Be a Warrior

1.  Creating an Enlightened Society

2.  Discovering Basic Goodness

3.  The Genuine Heart of Sadness

4.  Fear and Fearlessness

5.  Synchronizing Mind and Body

6.  The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun

7.  The Cocoon

8.  Renunciation and Daring

9.  Celebrating the Journey

10. Letting Go

PART TWO
   
Sacredness: The Warrior’s World

11. Nowness

12. Discovering Magic

13. How to Invoke Magic

14. Overcoming Arrogance

15. Overcoming Habitual Patterns

16. Sacred World

17. Natural Hierarchy

18. How to Rule

PART THREE
   
Authentic Presence

19. The Universal Monarch

20. Authentic Presence

21. The Shambhala Lineage

Afterword by Ösel Tendzin

G
REAT
E
ASTERN
S
UN:
T
HE
W
ISDOM OF
S
HAMBHALA

List of Poems

Foreword

Preface

Prologue: The Kingdom, the Cocoon, the Great Eastern Sun

PART ONE
   
Profound

Primordial Stroke

1.  A Dot in the Open Sky

2.  Working with Early Morning Depression

3.  Overcoming Physical Materialism

The Primordial Dot

4.  The Cosmic Sneeze

5.  Discipline in the Four Seasons

6.  Mirrorlike Wisdom

PART TWO
   
Brilliant

Sacred Existence: Joining Heaven and Earth

7.  Sacredness: Natural Law and Order

8.  The King of Basic Goodness

9.  How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun

PART THREE
   
Just

The Passion to Be

10. Blamelessness: How to Love Yourself

11. Attaining the Higher Realms

12. The Big No

Fearless Relaxation

13. Aloneness and the Seven Virtues of the Higher Realms

14. The King of the Four Seasons

PART FOUR
   
Powerful

The Warrior’s Cry

15. The Basic Gasp of Goodness

16. Helping Others

17. Transmission

PART FIVE
   
All-Victorious

The Warrior’s Smile

18. A Question of Heart

19. The Mukpo Clan

20. Beyond Depression

21. The Great Eastern Sun: The Dot in Space

Epilogue

Afterword

Sources

Author’s Notes

Closing Dedication

S
ELECTED
W
RITINGS

Basic Goodness

Fully Human: Introduction to the Principles of Shambhala Vision

The Shambhala World

Conquering Fear

Foreword to
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

The Martial Arts and the Art of War

Political Consciousness

A Buddhist Approach to Politics: An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa

Pragmatism and Practice: An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa

Natural Hierarchy

Conquering Comfort

The Seven Treasures of the Universal Monarch

Realizing Enlightened Society

Dedication of Merit

Glossary

Sources

Acknowledgments