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Douglas Penick

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Douglas Penick, a long time student of Chogyam Trungpa, is the author of several books about Gesar of Ling, as well as the libretto for two operas: Ashoka's Dream and King Gesar, both composed by Peter Lieberson. He was also, at one time, Trungpa Rinpoche's brother in law.

No Party Line

Photo by Rachel Homer   The first time I was a teaching assistant for Trungpa Rinpoche was at Naropa Insitute in the summer of 1974. Before the classes began, I went to his...

An Unexpected Reply

Fifty years ago, Trungpa Rinpoche gave a community talk in the shrine room of the Boulder center at 1111 Pearl Street (now the Boulder Book Store). In the question and answer...

The Family Business

In 1977, I happened to be seated next to the Vidyadhara for several hours at an afternoon reception. An unbroken stream of people came up, knelt and spoke to him about...

A Conversation with Jane Kolleeny

Julia talks with Jane Kolleeny about the Westchester Buddhist Center. Visit westchesterbuddhistcenter.org for more information.