The Chronicles
James Gimian
Jim talks about the myriad ways in which Trungpa Rinpoche worked with his students to nurture their personal understanding and sense of trust in their own intelligence.
Molly Nudell
Dispatches is delighted to present this fascinating and very personal look at the often misunderstood realm of Trungpa Rinpoche’s visual dharma teachings.
Venerable Khandro Rinpoche
Khandro Rinpoche talks about the admiration her father, Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche, and other prominent teachers of his generation had for Trungpa Rinpoche.
Helen Berliner
Helen Berliner talks with Julia about her early connection with Trungpa Rinpoche, the importance of working with form, the Mindrolling lineage, and being a student of Khandro Rinpoche.
Chris Tamdjidi
Chris Tamdjidi discusses the importance of relating to earth in terms of establishing a good container for the teachings.
Adam Lobel
Adam discusses how the Sakyong sees his role as stabilizing the Druk Sakyong's teachings.
Fleet Maull
Fleet talks about his years of incarceration, and his work with hospice, and the power of bringing practice to prisons, and more.
William McKeever
Bill reflects on the choicelessness of service, the path of devotion, practicing with illness, and encountering real fear and uncertainty.
Bonnie Rabin
Julia talks with Bonnie Rabin, Halifax psychologist (voted best psychologist in Halifax by readers of the Coast), life coach, and long-time student of Chögyam Trungpa.
Carolyn Rose Gimian
Carolyn talks about editing and compiling of many of Rinpoche’s books and other writings.
Stephen Seely
Steve takes a look at his relationship to Ponlop Rinpoche and the Nalandabodhi community, in light of his ongoing connection to the Mukpos and the Shambhala mandala.
Wendy Friedman and Richard Peisingers
This week's dispatch is from Wendy Friedman and Richard Peisinger, the coordinators of Sakyong Mipham and Semo Tseyang's wedding festival.
Hudson and Janet Shotwell
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In this interview, recorded May 2006, Julia talks to Hudson and Janet Shotwell, about the nature of their relationship with Chögyam Trungpa.
To Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche On the Nineteenth anniversary of your...
Offerings for Parinirvana Day 2006
Supplication to the Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Kind root guru, Vajradhara in person,
Essence of the buddhas of the fourth moment,
Source of dharma more profound and vast than the ocean,
Your galaxy of oral...
Jeff Waltcher
Jeff talks about the vision for Shambhala Mountain Center, what has been accomplished there, and the challenges that lie ahead.
Tashi Deleg! Cheerful Shambhala Day!
Trungpa Rinpoche and Czareena at Mill Village, 1984.
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Editor's note: Rinpoche begins his address with the Japanese New Years greeting, "Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!"
© 2005 Diana J. Mukpo and the Shambhala Archives. Used...
Letters of The Current Situation
The Current Situation (TCS), as it was known, grew into a bitter dispute that seemed unresolvable, and over the course of the next three years, generated a flurry of letters and official statements, several of which are presented on this page.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s Escape Route to India
Starting in the spring of 1959, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche led a group of refugees on a nine-month journey across Tibet. He describes their route in his autobiography, Born in Tibet, with...
A letter to the Sangha from Lady Diana Mukpo
Dear Members of the Shambhala Community,
In a news release issued by the Shambhala News Service on June 15th, my name was invoked in connection with the discussion of the developing rapprochement...
VCTR’s Comments About His Will
Read CTR's Spiritual Will
The following are David Rome's notes from a meeting with VCTR on February 23, 1986 at Karme-Choling, Vermont
DR: I would like to ask about after your death--not because...
Chögyam Trungpa and The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Francesca Fremantle
Francesca Fremantle became a student of Trungpa Rinpoche in 1969 and collaborated with him on a translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, published in 1975. Her latest...
The Pygmy Farm
In the late 1960s a group of friends from various parts of the country met in San Francisco and (when one of them happened to find a cheap farm for rent)...
Where in Montreal?
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's and Lady Diana Mukpo's first address in North America.
Montreal: where it all started
On the road
On the Porch at Charlemont
Jean Claude's recollections of Trungpa Rinpoche
Charlemont is a town in northwestern Massachusetts. Rinpoche spent a lot of time in a farmhouse near Charlemont, mostly during a long retreat in 1977. When...
A Tribute to Jonathan Eric
The first thing that has to be said about Jonathan is that he was enormously generous. He gave money, time and energy and, amazing as it may seem, he apparently gave...
Montreal: Where it all Started
Searching for Rinpoche's temporary home in Montreal
Interview with James George
James George Talks About Trungpa Rinpoche
A Chögyam Tungpa Bibliography
1 October 2002
The following list of books was compiled for The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, an eight-volume compilation of the works of Chögyam Trungpa. This book list is used here...
Loneliness and Love: An audio Valentine from Chögyam Trungpa
Student: What is the validity of having a relationship with one person if falling in love just comes from loneliness? Is the validity of such a relationship just another illusion?
Techniques of Mindfulness
Tail of the Tiger (Karme Choling), Barnet, Vermont; August 1974
Commentary
Introduction
The notes on Chronicles introducing the previous seminar, "Training the Mind," also provide a good introduction to this "Techniques of Mindfulness" seminar...
Cooking Rice with Marty Janowitz: Conversation with Jane Hester
Welcome to Cooking Rice, conversations with people whose work in the world is grounded in contemplative practice.
In this episode of Cooking Rice, Marty Janowitz...
