 |
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
|
|
Naropa Institute 1974
by Chogyam Trungpa
 Listen to reading
This reading by David Rome and Anne Waldman was recorded at Naropa University during the Ocean of Dharma conference, October 2006.
Long live the longest one
But we should be kind to the short ones
Flea on the Empire State Building
Mosquito in the Taj Mahal
Eiffel Tower like a growth on your thumb
The world is good!
But bad in many ways
On the other hand
Bad and good makes the world feel
Not so good
But at the same time
It makes it feel good
It's a checkerboard:
Good is bad
Bad is good
Goodbad! is good
Goodbad! is bad
Badgoodgood
Goodbadbad
Goodie is baddie
In the realm of
Goodgoodgood
At the same time
Badbadbad
If we take a cross-section
Badgood badgood
On the other hand
Goodbad goodbad
He is goodly bad
Therefore she could not be
She is badly good
Therefore he could not be
Mutually they are
Goodly bad badly good
Therefore they could be
Because of it
Bad is good
Bad is good
Bad is good
We are at a loss
Lost is good
Lost isn't good
Facts are figures
Figures are facts
Figurefacts figurefacts figurefacts
Facts are no figures
Figures no facts
John is not Mary
Mary is not John
John Mary John Mary John Mary
Oliver
Olivia
Teeth and tongue
Teeth can't be cooked
But tongue is delicious for a meal
Facts are not figures
But figures are facts
Computer is good
Because
Sun!
Moon!
Star!
Greenery!
Blue flower!
Honey!
Woodpecker!
Railroad!
Lotus pond Marvin Casper
Smile of dark-haired girl
Seduction of the blond
Blond moth
Pekingese pony
Graceful ant
Cockroaches in a New York apartment
Eiffel Tower
Empire State Building
Guards with handsome uniforms
Policeman blowing whistle musically
Ginsberg being pedantic
Joshua Zim in New Mexico
New New New
New New New
New England
New Mexico
Blacks don't get their privilege
Flying helicopter with cameramen
Honeymoon
Inspired glamorous youth
Wants to be made love to
Silk scarf
Nouveau riche
Good to be with
Jews or Gentiles
Are no longer the question
In the realm of youthful exuberance
Skiing in the mountains
Metaphysical debate
Glorious to be the dogshit in Brooklyn
Glorious to be in the glaciers of the Grand Tetons
Halvah is good to eat
Cheesecake is questionable
May they both be blessings on us
Facts and figures no longer important
January could afford to affront
February it's subordinate
March felt youthful
April is adolescent
Grass is green
Fire is ember
Turquoise is black
From the view of coral
World is good
Good is world
Bad is goodworld
Goodworld is bad
Let us bring
Venus
Glorious to be Ram Dass
When he sweats
With beads of perspiration in his hair. Duncan Campbell
The moderator
Hot and cold
In moderation
Bewildered Baker
Overcooked Green
Open Secret oven
Glory be to them
While Chögyie and Dassie
Are cooking
Sweetsour curry rockBoulder
Glorious to be
Glorious to be
Glorious to be
Mining town
RockBoulder
Boulderrock
Good living in bhakti
So-called.
GOOD
BAD
BAD
GOOD
Bhakti
Shopper
Realism
Dilettante
Grasshopper
Devoted moth
Confused ant
Spiritual materialism
Syringe
Good grass
Fancy bread
Bhakti provocation
In the name of goodness
Complementary speech
In the name of Trungpa
Everything is good
Ram Dass is cult
In spite of the Baba
Square is round
Rock is water
Fire is tree
Impregnation is abortion
So unpleasant
Embarrassment of Ram Dass
Cutting through is love-and-lighty
Failure is complement
The world of goodness is full of fleas
Glorious to be the inspired true-believer
Hurricane!
Storm!
Thunderstorm!
Redandwhite redandwhite
RedAndWhite
REDANDWHITE
True blue of dharmakaya
Is the only solution,
Devoid of Jacob Needleman. (Boulder, Colorado, 12 July 74)
From FIRST THOUGHT, BEST THOUGHT by Chögyam Trungpa. (c) 1983 by Diana J. Mukpo. Published by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston. www.shambhala.com.
|
