Buddha Wasn’t a Buddhist
Working with others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. The work you do doesn’t have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent. Take the example of the Buddha himself–he wasn’t a Buddhist!
Art In Everyday Life
Year End Funding Drive 2019
We have two high priority projects
Audio Problems
Please Note: As you may have noticed, the audio on the site is not working at this point -- this includes all of the audio talks by Trungpa Rinpoche...
The Teaching on the Indivisible Nature of the Realm of Phenomena
Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee
under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Dies at 95
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (1924-2019)
The Wayside Initiative
Allies and tools for the greater good in Nova Scotia
Mindfulness, Compassion, and Daily Life with Judy Lief
Facing Death, Working with Dying, A Fresh Look at Relationships, and Milarepa’s Journey
Propagating the Dharma
A two-minute clip from Talk Five of the 1975 Seminary
On Moonbeams
On October 10, 2019, Elizabeth Callahan and Derek Kolleeny had this really helpful discussion about MOONBEAMS OF MAHAMUDRA. Thank you to both of them and to the 60 participants who joined in.
Walter Fordham
Introducing Dispatches -- a radio programs about people's fundamental connection with the guru, dharma, and sangha and how their lives reflect that connection.
Among the Great Clouds of Drala Warriors
It is you, supreme among gods and humans,
Who coalesced the 84,000 dharmas
Into a single, indestructible life force.
Scattered Pearls
Early 1980's: There was an outdoor patio party at the Kalapa Court in Boulder, for the Court staff. I attended, as I was on the kitchen service staff. I...
A Kiss Is But A Kiss
In the summer of 1975 I went to Karme Chöling in Vermont for a seminar with Trungpa Rinpoche on “Meditation and Prayer in the Buddhadharma.” Someone suggested that I...
Like a Foreign Country
He called a meeting of his senior students from the Bay Area and told us that things were going to get worse in this country...
Road Trip to Crestone
BOULDER, early summer afternoon, 1982 - The reception for the Vajradhatu and Nalanda staff in the back garden of Kalapa Court is a familiar scene: uniformed servers offer heavy...
Cooking Indian Food at Kalapa Court
The first time I cooked Indian food at Kalapa Court in Boulder was in the summer of 1978. I was absorbed searching for some ingredients in the corner cupboard...
The Usual
During 1985 and 1986 I attended Rinpoche weekly. Upon entering his room, there was often a vast sense of space. This particular day, not unlike other days, he wanted...
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche Talks About Our Connections
Recorded for the Ocean Feast Practice on the Anniversary of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's Parinirvana
A Children’s Day Story
In a place as far away as the sky and as close as the tip of your nose...
Karseng Rinpoche Brings Trungpa Rinpoche’s Treasure Teachings to the West
During Karma Senge Rinpoche's first visit to the West in 2003, the Shambhala community learned that Trungpa Rinpoche had discovered a number of terma teachings during his early life...
Joining Heart and Mind: An Evening with the Karmapa
During his last event in New York, a public talk at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, leader of the...
Lessons from Milarepa’s Life and Songs
Review of a New Book by Chogyam Trungpa
Beyond Comprehension
Book Review: From Lion’s Jaws, Chögyam Trungpa’s Epic Journey to the West
by Grant MacLean
by Grant MacLean