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Slide show: Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Bhutan


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Opening of Thrangu Monastery Canada


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Stories from the 1970s [Audio: 20:02]


Phase Two, a community talk from 1972


The Essential CTR, for young adults
Class One: Introduction


Commentary on Mindfulness/Awareness Talk Two
by Robert Walker


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in France


KCL's 40th Anniversary: Former directors tell their stories


Work, a community talk from 1972


Stories of the 16th Karmapa


Lineage and Devotion in the Shambhala World
by Peter Volz


Mindfulness & Awareness: Talk Three

Photo by Michael Wood


John Sennhauser on Khyentse Rinpoche and the Yangsi's upcoming visit (video)


A Dowsing Lesson
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Recollections of Peter Orlovsky
By Tal Varon


Midsummer's Day 2010

Photos by Hudson Shotwell


Cynicism & Warmth,
a community talk by Chogyam Trungpa

Photo by Michael Wood


Disappointment,
a talk from September 1972


The Road to Surmang, 1987-2010,
a blog by Lee Weingrad


Mary Newton on the Celebration in Bhutan


Dear Vajra Dog


Talk Seven:
Study and Sitting


Father Death Slide Show,
A tribute to Peter Orlovsky


Kunga Dawa,
On the Sadhana of Mahamudra (Video)


Ani Pema Chodron on Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Video)


KCL 40th
anniversary blog

by Tom Bell


Update from Gesar Fund


An interview with
Kanjuro Shibata Sensei


Karme Choling turns 40


Glimpses of
Tail of the Tiger
,
an interview with Jonathan Eric


Yeshe Fuchs is Julia's guest on Dispatches


Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - TRAILER


James Yensan
,
a video interview
by Bill Scheffel


Cathryn Stein on Dispatches


Richard Arthure
a Bill Scheffel video


Karmapa at KTD


Shechen Kongtrül


Trungpa Rinpoche's Techniques of Mindfulness Seminar: Talk Two


Jyekundo slide show


Finding Your Buffalo, By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche


Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche: Vision for the 2010 Centennial


Myth of Freedom and the Cosmic Joke, a commentary by Ani Pema Chodron: Part Three


Brief Encounters by Christine Keyser, Hildy Maze, and Joel Wachbrit


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(audio: 34 minutes)


Slide show of Trungpa Rinpoche's photographs,
With Andy and Wendy Karr


Jakusho Kwong-roshi on Chogyam Trungpa, Video by Bill Scheffel


Offerings to Chogyam Trungpa: Please post poems, comments, and tributes


Joshua Zim's letter to Trungpa Rinpoche


The Scorpion Seal
(April 1 Edition)


Contemplating the Parinirvana of the Vidyadhara, by Carolyn Gimian


Andy Karr on Dispatches


Trungpa Rinpoche's Training the Mind Seminar: Talk Six


Josh Silberstein and Lodro Rinzler: a community meeting in Halifax


On Shambhala and the Samaya Connection


Martin Janowitz on Dispatches


Trungpa Rinpoche's Training the Mind Seminar: Talk Four


Celebration underway in Kathmandu


Touch and Go: Part Two

Part two of Trungpa Rinpoche's epic escape from Tibet


Famous last words

Trungpa Rinpoche's community talk before leaving for retreat in 1977


Eve Rosenthal on Dispatches


Cheerful Shambhala Day!


Pilgrimage, a blog by Carolyn Rose Gimian


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Mark Nowakowski on dons, mamos, and the don days
(audio: 15 minutes)


Interview with
Khandro Rinpoche:
Part Two


Fifty years ago,
January 24, 1960:
Chogyam Trungpa arrives in India

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Chronicles Radio Presents:
Solid Stories

Excerpts from a talk by Jack Niland at the New York Shambhala Center, March 11, 2005


Listen to Jack

talk about Trungpa Rinpoche, dharma art,
and the summer of 1970.

Among the earliest of CTR's students in North America, Jack received a wealth of first-hand dharma art instruction and helped create many of the visual elements of Trungpa Rinpoche's presentation of dharma in the West. In this first talk of a weekend dharma art program in New York, Jack shares some of his stories and insights.

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Chögyam Trungpa
Tail of the Tiger, 1970


Chögyam Trungpa
and Diana Mukpo
Tail of the Tiger, before the door was painted


Tibetan syllable AH, rendered by CTR with assistance from Jack Niland


Jack Niland, 1970


Here's an old snapshot of the newly painted door at Tail (Karmê Chöling), summer 1970. If you have a better photograph of the door from this era, please let us know at chronicles@chronicleproject.com.


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Please send comments and questions to chronicles@chronicleproject.com

Jack Niland, 27 May 2005

I wanted to say something about where this talk came from. Last summer, Walter Fordham called me and said "Let's talk about Trungpa, the early days." My memories were of the usual variety but when I sat down with Walter and really started to talk, I saw that from the very beginning Trungpa was teaching dharma art / dzogchen. Since that interview I've begun to understand Trungpa in a whole new light and that resulted directly in this talk now on Chronicles Radio. I want to thank Walter for allowing all of us to bask in the light of Trungpa Rinpoche.


Hildy Maze, 27 May 2005

Completely inspiring and delightfully funny. I'm eager to hear more. Trungpa's presence is palpable listening to Jack describe the transmissions of Dharma Art. More, please?

Many thanks for this one........

Helen Berliner, 27 May 2005

Jack is a National Treasure. It's so fabulous that he agreed to give this "talk" in New York. What a precious, inimitable transmission of Trungpa Rinpoche's mind and ever-presence! Many thanks ....

Andrew Munro, 27 May 2005

Boy, the site just gets richer and richer. Waiting for the smell feature where we can actually inhale the incense. pretty great.

Mark Szpakowski, 27 May 2005

Wow! Jack Niland / Yeshe Tsogyal. This is a hidden treasure. AH

Dipping the terma bucket into peoples' hearts is what the Chronicles project is about.

Alice Haspray, 27 May 2005

Oh my goodness! Richard and I just listened to Jack's talk----absolutely amazing.
We must bring him here!

Richard Horrocks, 27 May 2005

Thank you for that splendid talk by Jack Niland. I want to hear more of him reminiscing. Surely what this fellow says on the Vidyadhara and dharma art is significant for the sangha at large. Can we expect more of him on "Chronicle Radio"? How difficult is his arm to twist?

BTW, good concept that, "Chronicle Radio".

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Thank you. You can definitely look forward to more from Jack on C Radio. W

Judith Smith, 27 May 2005

Wow! Jack's talk is fabulous!.... Great stories!!!

Sarah Whitehorn, 27 May 2005

This is so cool! I turn on my computer, and I get to listen to audio stories about Trungpa!



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