SURRENDERING IN SADNESS
In devotion firm as an unchanging mountain
Truly seeing you alone, [my teacher,] as the Buddha,
Free from conventions of young or old,
In foreign lands, in sadness, with reverence,
I survive by the amrita, [the nectar,] of your blessings.
….
You, my only father guru, have gone far away.
My vajra brothers and sisters have wandered to the ends of the earth.
Only I, Chögyam, the little child, am left.
Still, for the teachings of the profound and brilliant Practice Lineage,
I am willing to surrender my life in sadness.
A great August weekend
When Chögyam Trungpa met Jules Chender
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Tribute to Michael Chender
With very deep sadness and an unfathomable feeling of loss we pass on the news that Michael Chender died at home, surrounded by family on Tuesday evening, July 2, 2019.
For those...
Auspicious Coincidence
These three talks were given at Karme Choling in 1980 during the tenth anniversary celebration of Trungpa Rinpoche's arrival in North America
Walk Slowly, Arrive Now
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A Review of Two Very Different Books That Converge on a Vital Topic
A Project of Special Interest to Chronicles Readers
We wanted to share with you a project that we feel has a special significance for our readers, and our core mission
Togden Achö – Recollections
Escape from Tibet with Trungpa Rinpoche
The Question of Magic
As far as tantra is concerned, magic is working with the real world on a completely ordinary level. Magic is completely relevant to our world, our life and our path.
Touch and Go
Chögyam Trungpa's Epic Journey to the West
It Was the Memory of His Kindness
I read something recently that recalled the evening I heard Chögyam Trungpa speak in Toronto in the autumn of 1971. My memories of that evening come back to me...
Andy Karr
Andy Karr talks about Mudra theater group, kusung training, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, miksang photography, and more.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
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Every Lifetime
I had not seen the Vidyadhara in a while. It was probably 1975 or 1976... and when he was visiting NY I had an interview with him. Among other...
An Oryoki Moment
It seems that Rinpoche wanted to know who the young lady was who knew all the chants by heart and ate so beautifully.
What Space?
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Jump Out the Window
Before I became a Buddhist, I was a mountain climber and nature lover. The Sierra Nevada Mountains of California were my spiritual home. Living in Berkeley in the late...
Two Moments
I met Rinpoche in person only twice, both in the mid-1980's in Berkeley. Once I waited in a reception line to meet him. When I finally came to the...
Lying To My Guru
"Did you understand anything?"
Dharma in the West: Part One
Having received Buddhism in the most authentic way, we must now continue that in a very changed world
Glimpses of Yarne
Gampo Abbey is a Buddhist Monastery on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. At the time of filming, it was celebrating thirty years since its founding by Chögyam Trungpa...
Love in the Time of Chaos
Training in Tenderness, by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Shambhala Publications, 2018
On Meeting Thomas Merton
"The first genuine person I met from the West" -Trungpa Rinpoche
On Shambhala and the Samaya Connection
Not long ago I heard someone say that people who disagreed with decisions made by the Sakyong or Shambhala International were people who didn’t practice and therefore, we shouldn’t pay attention to them.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Connections
On the anniversary of his passing