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Jerry Granelli
Julia Sagebien
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In this conversation, Jerry Granelli talks about building Trungpa Rinpoche's mandala, remaining true to your understanding of his vision, substance abuse, and the pitfalls of imitating the guru.
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Feedback from Suzanne Duarte, 22 June 2007
I loved this! I loved hearing Jerry talk about his path with Trungpa
Rinpoche. What he said and the way he said it was so real and
genuine. When Julia asked, "What are we going to do as a group of
practitioners who have been inspired by Trungpa Rinpoche . . . what
are we going to do to preserve those teachings and create the
lineage, . . . what can we do to not make what was poured by Trungpa
Rinpoche into so many of his students disappear?" I laughed. This
is the Big Question that so many of us have, but to phrase it as "not
make [it] disappear" was intriguing. I thought what Julia might have
meant is, "What can we do to keep it from disappearing?"
Jerry said, "I think . . . you have to be true to your heart . .
true to your understanding of it . . . you have to try to put those
things into practice in your life. . . . Everybody has to decided
what they can do from their heart. And this is not a 'camp' issue,
not Trungpa Rinpoche camp vs. the Sakyong Mipham camp, because
they're not two camps. You have to be loyal to the teachings, and
that loyalty has to be manifest in you following your heart, which
may not be a popular move at any given time, but you have to do what
you believe to be right. . . . You can't reject something that's new
because it's new, but if it doesn't make sense, you have to relate
with that. You've been trained, you have intelligence, you've been
trained to use that. So you have to use that and be honest with
yourself and other people without attacking each other. This
community has survived some atomic hits . . . we've survived things
that proved that we are a community, we are a family, we've survived
things that only families can survive."
Well, I suppose time will tell. I don't disagree with Jerry, but I'm
not sure that Trungpa Rinpoche's legacy is safe with SMR's students,
those among the 'younger generation' who were not raised in
households directly influenced by Trungpa Rinpoche. Because it
doesn't seem that SMR is emphasizing lineage in the way that Trungpa
Rinpoche did, which was actually a source of a great deal of strength
and conviction, not to mention blessings for us.
Thanks for all you do.
With love, Suzanne Duarte
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