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The Gradual Path of Raising Buddhist Children:
A Conversation with Thinley Norbu Rinpoche From the Vajradhatu Sun, 1992

Inner Chronicles:
Face-to-face
in Halifax

Work Sex Money: Seminar Three,
Talk Three: Klesha activity
[Audio 46:28]

Ocean of Dharma: A Shambhala Sun feature on Chögyam Trungpa by Barry Boyce

Tribute to Arbie Thalacker

Chronicles Highlights 2011

Chronicles Holiday Sampler

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse on the passing of his father, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

SMR joins Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Rabjam Rinpoche [Video 11:35]
Vintage Chronicles from 2009

Tribute to Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

Work Sex Money: Seminar Three,
Talk Two: Practice
[Audio 59:27]

Qualities
by Tom Pinson
Vintage Chronicles from 2004

The Open Way:
This is the talk CTR gave at Zen Center,
May 27, 1971 [Audio 1:48:46]

Rinpoche and Roshi, told by Henry Schaeffer,
WITH TRANSCRIPT

Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche on Distinguishing Ordinary Consciousness from Wisdom

At the
Redneck Bar
Vintage Chronicles from 2004

Tribute to Fabrice Champion

Work Sex Money: Seminar Three,
Talk One: Materialism
[Audio 1:11:46]

Crazy Wisdom, a review by Victress Hitchcock

Tribute to Michal Friedman

Work Sex Money, Seminar One,
Talk 3: Money [Audio 1:31:20]

Radio interview with Chogyam Trungpa in 1971;
featuring 17 year-old Jason Gavras calling in with a question
[Audio 1:08:18] Vintage Chronicles Radio from 2008

Mingyur Rinpoche: The essence of meditation

Work Sex Money, Seminar One,
Talk 2: Work [Audio 1:30:40]

Julia Sagebien talks with Thrangu Rinpoche about fulfilling the aspirations of the Vidyadhara
[Audio 13:11]

Gold Lake Oil, by Tom Bell
Vintage Chronicles from 2006

Work Sex Money, Seminar One,
Talk 1: Sex
[Audio 1:35:51]

THE BIG NO
Vintage Chronicles from 2009

Thrangu Rinpoche talks about Trungpa Rinpoche and his students [Audio 48:54]

In appreciation of the Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Teaching Stories: Never Give Up, told by Jim Lowrey
[Audio 30:16]

Memorial to Mary Smith, by Lee Weingrad

Conversation with Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel: Part Three

Khyentse Foundation: Ten Years of Giving

What Made Him Tick: a Review of Crazy Wisdom by Suzanne Duarte

Teaching Stories:
No Man's Land by Robert Merchasin
[Audio 18:56]

Tribute to Mary Smith

Teaching Stories:
Burn Self Deception
[Audio 8:42]

The third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) This thangka belonged to Trungpa Rinpoche and is displayed at the Shambhala Centre in Halifax, Nova Scoita. Used here by permission of Lady Diana Mukpo, the thangka was photographed by Marvin Moore. Petition of gratitude to Dharma translators Please take note of this petition to thank translators around the world who continue the monumental task of rendering the Dharma into English. Please follow this link to add your name to the letter below. Dear Dharma Translators, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you are doing to translate and transmit the Dharma to westerners. Without you, we couldn't practice or study the Dharma, so we are hugely grateful for your incredible gift to us! May your current deliberations in Bir, India, bring the Buddha's words and teachings to countless beings. With warmest wishes for a very successful gathering, The names from this petition will be read aloud at the Translating the Words of the Buddha Conference, hosted by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and Khyentse Foundation, and chaired by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. The conference begins on March 15th at Deer Park Institute in Bir, India. The goal is to gather over 10,000 names. _________________________________________

Selected devotional poems of Chogyam Trungpa

Reading by David Rome

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David Rome

David Rome served for many years as Trungpa Rinpoche's personal secretary, and as one of his first English language editors. When Rinpoche's poetry was read aloud in public venues or small gatherings, it was more often than not, David who was called upon to read. For the hundreds of students who heard these readings, David Rome is the voice of Trungpa Rinpoche's poetry. David, who is also the editor of Timely Rain, is currently a Senior Fellow at Garrison Institute.

Milarepa Day is a celebration of devotion to the Kagyu lineage. It is marked each year on the anniversary of Milarepa's parinirvana by reading the Kagyü Gurtso (a collection of dohas or songs of realization) aloud.

Translating the Rain of Wisdom Robin Kornman talks about this historic translation effort. Video by Bill Hebbert. First posted on the Chronicles in March 2005.

One of the first translation projects that Chögyam Trungpa undertook in the mid-1970s with his newly formed group of student translators (later known as the Nalanda Translation Committee), was the Kagyü Gurtso. Their translation was published in 1980 as The Rain of Wisdom by Shambhala Publications, Inc.