The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: 3 (93 page)

Chögyam Trungpa was a calligrapher, painter, poet, designer, and photographer as well as a master of Buddhist meditation. Drawn from his many seminars and talks on the artistic process, this work presents his insights into art and the artist.

Timely Rain: Selected Poetry of Chögyam Trungpa
(Shambhala Publications, 1998)

With a foreword by Allen Ginsberg, this collection of poems was organized thematically by editor David I. Rome to show the breadth of the poet’s work. Core poems from
Mudra
and
First Thought Best Thought
are reprinted here, along with many poems and “sacred songs” published here for the first time.

Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala
(Shambhala Publications, 1999)

This sequel and complement to
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
offers more heartfelt wisdom on Shambhala warriorship.

Glimpses of Space: The Feminine Principle and Evam
(Vajradhatu Publications, 1999)

Two seminars on the tantric understanding of the feminine and masculine principles, what they are and how they work together in vajrayana Buddhist practice as the nondual experience of wisdom and skillful means.

The Essential Chögyam Trungpa
(Shambhala Publications, 2000)

This concise overview of Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings consists of forty selections from fourteen different books, articulating the secular path of the Shambhala warrior as well as the Buddhist path of meditation and awakening.

Glimpses of Mahayana
(Vajradhatu Publications, 2001)

This little volume focuses on the attributes of buddha nature, the development of compassion, and the experience of being a practitioner on the bodhisattva path of selfless action to benefit others.

For more information please visit
www.shambhala.com
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RESOURCES

For information about meditation instruction or to find a practice center near you, please contact one of the following:

Shambhala International

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Karmê Chöling

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Shambhala Mountain Center

4921 Country Road 68C

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado 80545

phone: (970) 881-2184

fax: (970) 881-2909

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Gampo Abbey

Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia

Canada B0E 2P0

phone: (902) 224-2752

e-mail:
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Naropa University is the only accredited, Buddhist-inspired university in North America. For more information, contact:

Naropa University

2130 Arapahoe Avenue

Boulder, Colorado 80302

phone: (303) 444-0202

e-mail:
[email protected]

website:
www.naropa.edu

Audio recordings of talks and seminars by Chögyam Trungpa are available from:

Kalapa Recordings

1084 Tower Road

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canada B3H 2Y5

phone: (902) 420-1118, ext. 19

fax: (902) 423-2750

e-mail:
[email protected]

website:
www.shambhalashop.com

The Chögyam Trungpa website

www.ChogyamTrungpa.com

This website includes a biography, information on new releases by and about Chögyam Trungpa, a description and order information for all of his books, plus links to related organizations.

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INDEX

Note: Index entries from the print edition of this book have been included for use as search terms. They can be located by using the search feature of your e-book reader
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A
LL BOOKS, ARTICLES, POEMS, SONGS, AND SEMINARS
are attributed to Chögyam Trungpa unless otherwise cited. Owing to the subtle content of the poems, only their titles have been indexed.

Abhisheka
(empowerment)

fourth (“suchness”)

as meeting of minds

Vajrayogini

vase

“Acknowledging Death” (article)

Adhishihana
(blessing)

Aggression

depression as

environment of

father tantra and

hell realm and

meditation as absence of

negativity as

nowness vs.

pride as

speed as

spirituality and

AH (seed syllable)

Alayavijnana

Alcohol

use of

as amrita

creativity of

hinayana teachings on

morality and

vs. other inebriants

transmuting effects of

See also
Intoxication

“Alcohol as Medicine or Poison” (article)

All-encompassing wisdom

Allione, Tsultrim

Aloneness

as egolessness

as marriage of shunyata and compassion

Alpert, Richard.
See
Ram Dass

Ambition

of ego

spiritual

“American Karma” (seminar)

American poetry

American Theosophist

Amitabha (Padmapani)

pure land of

Amrita

Analogies

bodhisattva activity: as moon shining in hundred bowls of water

bodhisattva conduct: as walk of an elephant

body of ego: skandhas, as bones; thoughts, as blood; emotions, as muscles

Buddhism: as transcendental common senses

compassion and prajna: as fish in water

disappointment: as best chariot for path of dharma

ego activity: as three lords of materialism

emotions: as generals in ego’s army

emperor of universe: as grain of sand

enlightenment: as sun appearing from behind clouds

experience of truth: as being grain of sand

guru: as mirage of lake in desert of egolessness

“hard facts”: as living corpse

human realm: life stuck in traffic jam of discursive thought

life: as a straight drink

lineage teachings: as warm, fresh baked bread

meditation: as “slit in artery”

mundane life: as chunky, eatable, delicious nourishment between two pieces of bread

religion: as prefab home with wall-to-wall carpeting

running the world: as expression of sanity

spirituality: as bondage by golden chain

suffering: as broom that sweeps away cause of suffering

taking refuge: as getting on train with no reverse or brakes

tantra: as alchemical practice transmuting lead to gold

thoughts: as ego’s army

warrior: as tiger in jungle

Anderson Sensei, Tenshin

Anger

hell realm

vajra

Animal realm

lack of humor in

stupidity of

“tank” mentality of

Anitya Bhavan (“House of Impermanence”)

Antipoverty attitude

Anuttaratantra

fourfold abhisheka of

Anu yoga

Anxiety

Ape/animal instinct

Appreciation, sense of

Argüelles, José and Miriam

Arhat

self–enlightenment of

Arrogance, as obstacle to devotion

Art

ego as brilliant work of

fascination with

self–consciousness and

transmutation through

Asceticism, ultimate

Ashoka (emperor)

Asura
realm.
See
Jealous god realm

Atomistic pluralism

Avalokiteshvara

Shariputra and

Avidya. See
Ignorance

Awakened state

glimpse of

irritation of

karmic process vs.

qualities of

spontaneity of

Awareness

becoming one with

conceptualization as veil to

drinking alcohol and

environmental

letting go of

as “making stable”

mindfulness and

panoramic

postmeditation

as snowflake

of true nature

vipashyana, of space

without watcher