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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 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

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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Letters of support

The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Tributes The tributes below were posted between April 4 and May 26, 2007 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Trungpa Rinpoche's parinirvana. Sangha tribute blog Tribute from posted Dilgo Khyentse May 26 Jetsun Kushok May 26 Yongey Mingyur May 26 Traleg Kyabgon May 26 James Gimian May 26 Martin Janowitz May 26 Robin Kornman May 26 Denault Blouin May 25 Susan Edwards -audio May 24 Walker Blaine May 23 Vajra Regent May 22 Dzogchen Ponlop May 21 Diana Torbert May 20 Greg Smith May 19 Tessa Pybus May 18 Reggie Ray May 17 Joshua Zim May 16 Ashoka Mukpo May 15 Tenzin Wangyal May 14 Bill Douglas May 13 Peter Volz May 12 Ani Pema Chödrön May 11 Shenpen Hookham May 9 Tsoknyi Rinpoche May 8 Barry Boyce May 7 Tulku Thondup May 6 Steve Gorn May 5 HH Dalai Lama May 4 Sam Bercholz May 3 Wendy Friedman May 2 Jakusho Kwong Roshi May 1 Fabrice Midal April 30 B Bash/S Gorn April 29 Sherab Chodzin Kohn April 28 Chokyi Nyima April 27 Joan Halifax Roshi April 26 A Waldman/D Rome April 25 Clarke Warren April 24 Kanjuro Shibata April 23 CTR Talk, 1975 April 22 Jigme Phuntsok April 21 Tom Coburn April 20 Tania Leontov April 19 Leonard Hortick April 18 Richard John April 17 Anne Burchardi April 16 Bardor Tulku April 15 Jerry Granelli April 14 Michael Chender April 13 Douglas Penick April 12 Carolyn Gimian April 11 Ato Rinpoche April 10 Eido Roshi April 9 Gina Stick April 8 Rigdzin Shikpo April 7 Gesar Mukpo April 6 Francesca Fremantle April 5 CTR Talk, 1979 April 4 Sakyong Mipham April 4 Lady Diana Mukpo April 4 Thrangu Rinpoche April 4 Dzongsar Khyentse April 4 Khenpo Rinpoche April 4 Richard Reoch April 4 Susan Edwards April 4 Peter Lieberson April 4

Welcome to this
pansangha tribute to
Trungpa Rinpoche

Cremation photos by Ray Ellis (enlarge)

Sunday, May 27: Bill McKeever, acharya and early director of Karme-Choling, remembers his early times with the Vidyadhara and the center

by Barbara Stewart

It was Bill's second dathun. At the end of his first -- the first dathun altogether, in 197_ -- he had thought himself a hero, more than a hero, and was filled with dismay when Rinpoche said: "The real practice starts when you leave."

In the third week of his second one, he suddenly panicked. "What am I doing here?" he asked himself. "These people are full of shit. I've got to get away." He ducked out, ran to his car and, too impatient to go by the road, drove it right across the hayfields in his haste -- where, after the rains, it got stuck in a muddy ditch. He gunned it. The wheels spun. "I was stuck," . . . [Continued]

About the Chronicles

The Chronicles are a celebration of the life of Vidyadhara the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the incomparable meditation teacher, artist, poet, translator, vajra master, and social visionary who, more than any other person, is credited with establishing the genuine path of buddhadharma in the West. The stories, interviews, photos, and sound files on this site are expressions of love and gratitude from his students and others who knew him, and are a part of the Chronicles of CTR.

The larger goals of the Chronicles are to tell the story of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's life in a detailed year-by-year account, to gather the oral history from those who knew him, and to preserve a record of his extraordinary legacy for future generations.

Our mission is to expand the general knowledge and understanding of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's life and teachings. We hope that you enjoy the site. We are always interested in new stories and articles, and we're happy to receive ideas, comments, complaints, etc. from our readers. Please contact us at chronicles@chronicleproject.com

The calligraphy at the top of this page Mukpo is by Trungpa Rinpoche; used here with the kind permission of Lady Diana Mukpo.