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This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language
the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist paths of the
hinayana, mahayana and vajrayana. Focusing on the mahayana, the
second volume of Chogyam Trungpa's magnum opus begins to shift the
student's focus outwards to the broader world.
In this book, Jack Kornfield presents the heart of Buddhist
practice as taught by twelve highly respected masters from
Southeast Asia. These renowned teachers offer a rich variety of
meditation techniques: the practices include traditional
instructions for dissolving the solid sense of self, for awakening
insight, for realizing Nirvana, and for cultivating compassion for
all beings.
Jack Kornfield's first three chapters give an overview of Buddhist
philosophy and, specifically, the meditation practices of Burma,
Thailand, and Laos. The teachings in this volume are from Achaan
Chaa, Mahasi Sayadaw, Sunlun Sayadaw, Achaan Buddhadasa, Achaan
Naeb, Achaan Maha Boowa, Tuangpulu Sayadaw, Mohnyin Sayadaw, Mogok
Sayadaw, U Ba Khin, Achaan Dhammadaro, and Achaan Jumnien.
Genuine art has the power to awaken and liberate. The renowned
meditation master and artist Chogyam Trungpa called this type of
art "dharma art"--any creative work that springs from an awakened
state of mind, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness,
and nonaggression. Dharma art provides a vehicle to appreciate the
nature of things as they are and express it without any struggle or
desire to achieve. A work of dharma art brings out the goodness and
dignity of the situation it reflects--dignity that comes from the
artist's interest in the details of life and sense of appreciation
for experience. Trungpa shows how the principles of dharma art
extend to everyday life: any activity can provide an opportunity to
relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world.
An expanded edition of Trungpa's "Dharma Art" (1996), this book
includes a new introduction and essay.
How to practice mindfulness meditation and bring awareness into everyday life--from the best-selling author of many classic works on meditation.
The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning. Mindfulness in action mindfulness applied throughout life can help us work more effectively with life s challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement. This guide to mindful awareness through meditation provides all the basics to get you started, but also goes deeper to address the questions that naturally arise as your practice matures and further insight arises. A distillation of teachings on the subject by one of the great meditation masters of our time, this book serves as an introduction to the practice as well as a guide to the ongoing mindful journey."
"The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa" brings together in eight
volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and
inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West.
Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as
well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems, plays, and
interviews, many of which have never before been available in book
form. From memoirs of his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet to
insightful discussions of psychology, mind, and meditation; from
original verse and calligraphy to the esoteric lore of tantric
Buddhism--the impressive range of Trungpa's vision, talents, and
teachings is showcased in this landmark series. Volume Seven
features the work of Chogyam Trungpa as a poet, playwright, and
visual artist and his teachings on art and the creative process,
which are among the most innovative and provocative aspects of his
activities in the West. While it includes material in which Trungpa
Rinpoche shares his knowledge of the symbolism and iconography of
traditional Buddhist arts (in "Visual Dharma)," this richly varied
volume primarily focuses on his own, often radical creative
expressions. "The Art of Calligraphy" is a wonderful showcase for
his calligraphy, and "Dharma Art" brings together his ideas on art,
the artistic process, and aesthetics. Tibetan poetics, filmmaking,
theater, and art and education are among the topics of the selected
writings.
A concise, classic handbook of Buddhist spiritual practice from a renowned Tibetan meditation master.
This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. Trungpa describes the life of the Buddha and emphasizes that, like the Buddha, we must find the truth for ourselves, rather than following someone else's example. Meditation in action might also be called "working meditation," for it is not a retreat from the world. Rather, it builds the foundation for tremendous compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of a person's mind or behavior.
He explores the six activities associated with meditation in action--generosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom--revealing that through simple, direct experience, one can attain real wisdom: the ability to see clearly into situations and deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness connected with ego.
A classic of Tibetan Buddhism brought to life with insightful commentary by a modern master.
In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism--traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation--death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of mind. This unabridged translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to the living. The insightful commentary by Chögyam Trungpa, written in clear, concise language, explains what the text teaches us about human psychology. This book will be of interest to people concerned with death and dying, as well as those who seek greater spiritual understanding in everyday life.
This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both
beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation.
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the
formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion,
awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life.
He explores the six activities associated with meditation in
action--generosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and
wisdom--revealing that through simple, direct experience, one can
attain real wisdom: the ability to see clearly into situations and
deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness connected
with ego.
In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism--traditionally read
aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation--death and
rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to
recognize the true nature of mind. This translation of "The Tibetan
Book of the Dead " emphasizes the practical advice that the book
offers to the living. The insightful commentary by Chogyam Trungpa,
written in clear, concise language, explains what the text teaches
us about human psychology. This book will be of interest to people
concerned with death and dying, as well as those who seek greater
spiritual understanding in everyday life.
This in-depth exploration of the Four Noble Truths--the
foundational Buddhist teachings about the origin of suffering and
its cessation--emphasizes their profound relevance in all of life's
moments and reveals the subtlety and sophistication that lie in
these seemingly simple lessons. This guide demonstrates how an
intellectual understanding of the teachings can be joined with
practical application in order to recognize suffering and interrupt
it before it arises. "Esta exploracion minuciosa de las cuatro
nobles verdades--las ensenanzas budistas fundamentales sobre el
origen del sufrimiento y su cese--enfatiza su relevancia profunda
en cada momento de la vida y revela la sutileza y sofisticacion que
residen en estas lecciones aparentemente simples. Esta guia
demuestra como un entendimiento intelectual de las ensenanzas se
puede unir con una aplicacion practica para poder reconocer el
sufrimiento e interrumpirlo antes de que surja."
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. The spirit of this collection of songs of devotion and poems, written by Chogyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional Zen oxherding pictures accompanied by a unique commentary that offers an unmistakably Tibetan flavor. Fans of this renowned teacher will enjoy the heartfelt devotional quality of this early work.
Chogyam Trungpa--meditation master, scholar, and artist--was
identified at the age of only thirteen months as a major "tulku,"
or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the
teaching lineage known as the Trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period
of intensive training in mediation, philosophy, and fine arts,
receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958 at the age of eighteen.
The following year, the Chinese Communists invaded Tibet, and the
young Trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the
Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture. Trungpa's account of his
experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot and spiritual
head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships with his
teachers offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a
Tibetan lama. The memoir concludes with his daring escape from
Tibet to India. In an epilogue, he describes his emigration to the
West, where he encountered many people eager to learn about the
ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.
Warning: Using this book could be hazardous to your ego! The
slogans it contains are designed to awaken the heart and cultivate
love and kindness toward others. They are revolutionary in that
practicing them fosters abandonment of personal territory in
relating to others and in understanding the world as it is.
The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here-each with a
commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa-have
been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help
meditation students remember and focus on important principles and
practices of mind training. They emphasize meeting the ordinary
situations of life with intelligence and compassion under all
circumstances. Slogans include, "Don't be swayed by external
circumstances," "Be grateful to everyone," and "Always maintain
only a joyful mind."
This edition contains a new foreword by Pema Chodron.
In what he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Chogyam Trungpa
reveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning"
process that draws us away from the comfort of conventional
expectations and conceptual attitudes toward a naked encounter with
reality. The tantric paradigm for this process is the story of the
Indian master Naropa (1016-1100), who is among the enlightened
teachers of the Kagyu lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism. Naropa was
the leading scholar at Nalanda, the Buddhist monastic university,
when he embarked upon the lonely and arduous path to enlightenment.
After a series of daunting trials, he was prepared to receive the
direct transmission of the awakened state of mind from his guru,
Tilopa. Teachings that he received, including those known as the
six doctrines of Naropa, have been passed down in the lineages of
Tibetan Buddhism for a millennium.
Trungpa's commentary shows the relevance of Naropa's extraordinary
journey for today's practitioners who seek to follow the spiritual
path. Naropa's story makes it possible to delineate in very
concrete terms the various levels of spiritual development that
lead to the student's readiness to meet the teacher's mind. Trungpa
thus opens to Western students of Buddhism the path of devotion and
surrender to the guru as the embodiment and representative of
reality.
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master
Chogyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every
aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls "spiritual
materialism. " The universal tendency, he shows, is to see
spirituality as a process of self-improvement--the impulse to
develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially
empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own
use," he said, "even spirituality." His incisive, compassionate
teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on
ourselves, and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and
joyous liberation that inevitably involves letting go of the self
rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has
resonated with students for nearly thirty years, and remains fresh
as ever today.
This new edition includes a foreword by Chogyam Trungpa's son and
lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.
An exposition of the similarities and differences between Vajrayana Buddhism and Zen, by one of the twentieth century's greatest meditation teachers.
The Teacup and the Skullcup is made up of edited transcripts from two seminars that Chögyam Trungpa gave near the beginning of his North American teaching career in 1974--one in Barnet, Vermont, and one in Boston - called "Zen and Tantra." Although Trungpa Rinpoche belonged to the tantra tradition, he acknowledged the strength and discipline gained from Zen influence. Through these talks you can see his respect for the Zen tradition and how it led to his using certain Zen forms for his public meditation hall rituals. He discusses the differences in style, feeling, and emphasis that distinguish the two paths and shows what each one might learn from the other.
Also included are Trungpa Rinpoche's commentary on the Ten Oxherding Pictures and an essay he composed in memory of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, a close friend with whom he continually exchanged ideas for furthering buddhadharma in America.
The Shambhala teachings, named for a legendary Himalayan kingdom
where prosperity and happiness reign, point to the potential for
enlightened conduct that exists within every human being. Providing
an inspiring approach to life based on the figure of the sacred
warrior, this practical guide shows how to master life's challenges
through gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge. "Las lecciones de
Shambhala, asi llamadas por el legendario reino del Himalaya donde
la prosperidad y la felicidad abundan, muestran el potencial para
la conducta iluminada que existe dentro de todo individuo.
Predicando una vida basada en la figura del guerrero sagrado, esta
guia practica muestra como dominar a los obstaculos que se
enfrentan en la vida con gentileza, valor y el conocimiento de si
mismo."
Westerners wanting to know about tantra--particularly the Buddhist
tantra of Tibet--often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has
been shrouded in mystery, and "tantra" has been called upon to name
every kind of esoteric fantasy. In "The Dawn of Tantra " the reader
meets a Tibetan meditation master and a Western scholar, each of
whose grasp of Buddhist tantra is real and unquestionable. This
collaboration is both true to the intent of the ancient Tibetan
teachings and relevant to contemporary Western life.
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