Basic Goodness Is Like a Sneeze
When we talk about basic goodness, we are not talking in terms of good and bad, but we are talking about unconditional health or unconditional goodness, without any reference point. Basic goodness is something like a sneeze. When you sneeze, there is no time to create or refer to a reference point. You just sneeze, or you just cough. Similarly, when a person has an orgasm, there’s no room or time to compare that experience with anything else. That simplicity and fundamental healthiness and that capability of having your own personal experience is called basic goodness, which does not have to be compared to basic badness.
As for myself, the older I get, the more of a Kagyü person I become. -CTR
Dharma in the West: Part Two
You cannot be a good leader if you have an agenda of your own
Dharma in the West: Part One
Having received Buddhism in the most authentic way, we must now continue that in a very changed world
On the Mamos, the Dharmapala Principle and Mahakali Vetali
... the feminine principle, functions as a force of creating harmony, friendship, and connectedness, in relationships and family, in community, between self and nature, and between mind and body.
The Dön Days
Mark Nowakowski talks about the dön days at the end of the lunar calendar and the annual practice of "Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos."
A Profound Book of Love and Warriorship
A Review of BURIED RIVERS by Ellen Korman Mains
A Glimpse of the 16th Karmapa
Through the eyes of Steve Roth
Sounds like Children’s Day
A Chronicles Radio Special Edition from December 21, 2006
Children’s Day Candlelight Ceremony
At the Halifax Shambhala Centre, 20 December 2018
Robin Kornman on the The Rain of Wisdom
Robin talks about some of the Kagyü Gurtso and some of the early history of the Nalanda Translation Committee.
Remembrance
My first perception of Khyentse Rinpoche was that of a wonderfully loving grandfather.
Richard John
Richard John talks about working with Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the Sopa Choling retreat and more.
Birthmark
One day in the early 70s Rinpoche was sitting at his desk, and I pointed to his birthmark. He had a soft brown birthmark on his left forearm. I said something clueless like, “Is that a birthmark?”
A Half Hour in His Company
I was not part of Naropa in Boulder, but one day I smoked a cigarette on a bench next to Boulder Creek with Trungpa Rinpoche. I knew who he...
What Space?
We did not have a place to house CTR for the 1974 ITS (Intensive Training Seminar). Peter Hull and I looked around and found a brown trailer in...
Called on the Carpet
As the maintenance man at Naropa Institute in the summer of 1980 I shared the job with work-study partner Harold Turner of setting up and taking down for the...
A Dowsing Lesson
You just had to tune your mind to the object of desire
We’re Going to Test Your Realization
During the time just prior to the cremation of H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa I was fortunate to meet Trungpa Rinpoche at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. As an American...
An Interview with Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche is the grandson and spiritual heir of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He was born in 1967 and raised by his renowed grandfather. Since Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's passing in 1991...
The Rinchen Terdzo
At some point during the 1970's, Trungpa Rinpoche received a complete set of the Rinchen Terdzo from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
1980 Seminary Slideshow from Allan Novick
Thank you to Allan Novick for sending in these images from the 1980 Seminary
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.
A Harrowing and Most Amazing Journey
From the Jaws of the Lion
Father Thomas Keating and Trungpa Rinpoche Talk About Egolessness
This conversation took place during Naropa’s 1983 Christian Buddhist Conference