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Parrots and Rhinoceroses, a community talk from April 1973


Some moments in Vancouver,
by Ben Hines


Celebrating the Return
in Colorado,
by Gary Allen


No Turning Back, a community talk from February 1973


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Ward,
A blog from Joanna Bolek


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche arrives in Colorado and wakes to a double rainbow at Phuntsok Choling


Children's blessing in Boulder [Video: 5:34]


Speedy road trip to kindness, a blog from Helen Bonzi with photos by Ron Stubbert


Setting lobsters free,
by Helen Bonzi


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche visits SMC
A blog from Greg Smith


Brillant Moon and Long Life, by Bill Karelis


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Boulder:
Posts from Roland Cohen and Nina Rolle


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Vermont,
posts from Katie Yates, Colin Stubbert, and Carolyn Gimian


Devotion: Part Three [Video: 11:35]


Cool Boredom, a community talk from 1973


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in NYC:
New blog entry from Barbara Stewart


Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Vermont,
A blog and photos of the sacred relics


Visiting Casa Werma
by Gary Hubiak


A post from Simon Luna's sisters on the anniversary of his passing


Introducing Jetsun Drukmo


Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's North America Tour


Devotion: Part Two [Video: 13:52]


Sakyong installs 58 shastris at Shambhala Mountain Center


Slide show: Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Croatia


Listen to Richard Reoch on CBC Radio discussing "A Royal Birth at the IWK Health Centre"


Trust Run Wild, a community talk from 1972


Slide show: Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche in Bhutan


Devotion: Part One, Lama Ugyen Shenpen's Home Video of the Lineage [Video: 14:28]


Opening of Thrangu Monastery Canada


Essential CTR Class Two: Meditation Instruction [Audio: 51:32]


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
By Olive Colón


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 Three


Jyekundo slide show


Important places in the earthquake region

by Neal Greenberg


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


A Talk by Trungpa Rinpoche on Milarepa and the Origins of the Kagyu Lineage
(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


On the Mamos, the Dharmapala Principle and Mahakali Vetali, By Dorje Loppon Lodro Dorje


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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Journey to Taksang

In 1968, Trungpa Rinpoche left the United Kingdom for the first time since he arrived there in 1963. He traveled to Bhutan where he entered into retreat at Taksang, a sacred cave where Padmasambhava once practiced. He was accompanied on his travels by two Western students: Richard Arthure and Dan Russell. Here are Richard's recollections of the journey, and Dan Russell's photos (reposted from 2008).

Richard Arthure

on the Sadhana of Mahamudra

Video by William Scheffel

In this fourteen-minute video, Kunga recalls the historic journey to Bhutan and Rinpoche's retreat at Taksang.

on meeting Chogyam Trungpa

Richard Arthure (aka: Kunga Dawa) met Chögyam Trungpa in 1966. In this fourteen minute video, Kunga describes the process of becoming Rinpoche's student.

Interviews conducted by Cathy Hubiak and Bill Scheffel in early 2010.

 

Slideshow by Dan Russell

A slide show by Dan Russell

Voice-over by Carolyn Rose Gimian

These images are presented with the consent of Dan Russell, and with the permission of the Shambhala Archives. Thank you to Dan and to the Archives for making these images available. Thank you to Silvia Hast, who traveled from Boulder, Colorado, to England to scan these images. Thank you also to Marvin Ross for his digital restoration work on these images.

The soundtrack includes comments by Carolyn Gimian, an excerpt from the Sadhana of Mahamudra Sourcebook, and an excerpt from the introduction to Volume Five of The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa. © Diana Judith Mukpo, used by permission of Diana Judith Mukpo, and by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc.