Magic
This is the final talk of the Tibetan Buddhist Path, a 14-talk seminar from 1974
CASTLE OF EGO
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who was a rainbow child. He lived in a vast desert and didn’t know where he came from and what his name was. He was all alone and had never met anybody else. He was totally happy and loved the sunrise, the sunset, the moon, and the stars.
Midsummer’s Day 1980
A Glimpse of Midsummer's Past
Sutra
This is talk eight from Tibetan Buddhist Path seminary at Naropa, 1974
The Lion’s Roar: The Buddhist Path of Nonaggression
New York City, February 29, 1976
The Way of the Buddha in America
This is the talk played during the 2021 Parinirvana Day feast on Ocean
The Way of the Buddha in America
With interactive verbatim transcript from The Chogyam Trungpa Institute Transcription Project.
Visual Dharma Seminar
Audio recordings, Naropa 1979
1976 Seminary: Hinayana/Mahayana Talks
Here are the nineteen hinayana/mahayana talks of the 1976 Seminary.
Join the Discussion Group
The Star of Bethlehem
You begin to experience the dawn or glimmer of light, which in Western language is called the Star of Bethlehem
Cynicism and Warmth
Chogyam Trungpa rendered in charcoal by William Gilkerson
Back to Square One
Art In Everyday Life
Basic Buddhism
This is a single talk given at Berkeley on May 18, 1971
A 1978 Talk to Sangha Children
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's Children's Day address, 1978.
50 Years Ago: First Teachings in North America
These three talks, given in NYC in early July 1970, were Trungpa Rinpoche's first recorded teachings in North America.
1978 Seminary: Hinayana/Mahayana Talks
During the coming weeks, we will be posting the hinayana/mahayana talks (19 talks in all) from the 1978 Vajradhatu seminary.
The Charnel Ground
This is Talk Three from the 1975 Sadhana of Mahamudra Seminar
Foreword to The Rain of Wisdom
...the older I get, the more of a Kagyü person I become. -CTR
Devotional Songs of Chögyam Trungpa
Reading by David Rome
The Question of Nirvana
A talk by Trungpa Rinpoche to his class at the University of Colorado on April 19, 1973.
Propagating the Dharma
A two-minute clip from Talk Five of the 1975 Seminary
Meditation and the Fourth Moment
You have past, present, and future, and then you have the fourth moment.
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
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.
The Dawn of Enlightenment
The Star of Bethlehem
Tibetan Buddhist Path
This fourteen-lecture series from the first session of Naropa (summer 1974) is commentary on the entire Buddhist path.
Disappointment
An Early Talk to the Community
Noble Heart
In the vajrayana Buddhist tradition, we talk about how we can discover wisdom behind our passions and delusions. If you simply cut out your passion or your desire, you can't work...
Open Way
This talk was given to students of Suzuki Roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center.
Vancouver Meditation Seminar: 1975
Three talks on meditation practice from February 1975
The Dawn of Enlightenment
The Star of Bethlehem
What Is Ngedön?
The opening address to the Ngedön School of Higher Learning at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, September 12, 1982
The Teacher
In relating with the teacher, your critical input and your surrendering work together at the same time.
Famous Last Words
Rinpoche 's parting words to the sangha before leaving for a year-long retreat in 1977
Sense of Humor
This talk took place in Boulder, Colorado on April 1, 1971
First Thought Best Thought
A slide show of selected photographs by Chögyam Trungpa
Meeting the Guru
I expected something extraordinary to happen ... but nothing happened, and he was very pleased.
Self Deception
The original audio recording from 1971
Shambhala Day Address, Year of the Water Dog, 1982
The Chronicles would like to wish everyone a very cheerful Shambhala Day/Losar and the very best of the Earth Dog year ahead. Tashi Delek to us all!
The Perfect Love Poem
There is a beautiful snow peaked mountain / With peaceful clouds wrapped round her shoulders. / The surrounding air is filled with love and peace. / What is going to be is what is...
Meditation: The Path of the Buddha
In 1974 during the inaugural session of The Naropa Institute, Chögyam Trungpa presented this course on meditation.
The Five Chakras and the Four Karmas
These two teachings, among the earliest the Vidyadhara gave in North America, provide a glimpse into the profound trust Chögyam Trungpa had in the possibility that genuine buddhadharma could be successfully transplanted into Western culture.
Work Sex Money: Seminar Three
Work, sex and money: these are the main things in our lives that we look to instinctively for satisfaction, and yet ...
Abhisheka
Talk nine from the Journey Without Goal seminar
The Enlightenment of the Buddha
These three talks on the enlightenment of the Buddha were given at Karme Choling in December 1975.
Natural Dharma
This talk was given during a thunderstorm at the Naropa University Christian Buddhist Conference in 1982
Ambition to Learn
This public talk took place in San Francisco on May 20, 1971
The Nature of Mind
A single talk, given in Berkeley, Ca. on May 11, 1971
Mahamudra II: Yogic Songs of Milarepa
The Shambhala Archives has released Mahamudra II (talk 9 from the The Yogic Songs of Milarepa seminar held at Naropa's in 1976) to mark the 30th anniversary of Trungpa Rinpoche's parinirvana.
Selected Devotional Poems of Chögyam Trungpa
For the hundreds of students who heard these readings, David Rome is the voice of Trungpa Rinpoche's poetry.
Year of the Earth Sheep: Shambahala Day 1979
In this address, Rinpoche talks very movingly about our individual responsibility to benefit everyone and anyone with whom we are connected.
Be Our Guide – Shambhala Day Address, 1982
https://d2j018qw05ry1m.cloudfront.net/ShambhalaDay1982-Feb24.mp3
Three months after the Sixteenth Karmapa's death on November 5, 1981, Trungpa Rinpoche led the community in a supplication. He said:
Repeat after me.
Your Holiness please return to us.
Your Holiness please...
Golden Sun: For Shibata Kanjuro XX, Archery Master
In this land of kami-no-yama, I still miss you.
We are all longing for your wisdom.
As you know, we have lost our leader the Karmapa,
But it is comforting to have you as...
The Question of Reality
In The Question of Reality, Trungpa Rinpoche examines the parallels between the path portrayed in Carlos Castaneda’s books on Don Juan and the path of Buddhist Tantra.
Tibetan Buddhism and American Karma
This talk was given during a "Dharma Festival" in Boston. Read Boston Dharmadhatu, the Early Days by Anna Taylor for a first hand account of this Festival and a flavor of early community of...
Dharma Art—Genuine Art
A letter written on the occasion of the Naropa Institute’s first summer program, July 1974.
The term dharma art does not mean art depicting Buddhist symbols or ideas, such as the wheel...
Chögyam Trungpa on “The Teacher”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llYCveHkpdk#action=share
From the Sadhana of Mahamudra Seminar, November 1975
This video is offered by the Shambhala Archives in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Chögyam Trungpa's passing. Excerpt from the talk:
In relating with...
Traleg Rinpoche on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Part One
https://youtu.be/Cun4xkvoSlo
Part Two
https://youtu.be/_vjfWT4QdRE
Part Three
https://youtu.be/3D30-ckIohI
For more information on Traleg Rinpoche, please visit tralegrinpoche.typepad.com
Skillful Means and Wisdom on the Buddhist Path
The set comprises 18 talks in black and white video on 5 DVDs, together with a 60 page study guide on PDF. Priced at $54, our intention is to make this...
A Recollection of Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
A Tribute to Suzuki Roshi from Trungpa Rinpoche
Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos, by Chögyam Trungpa
Trungpa Rinpoche gave two seminars on the bardo states and the six realms in 1971
Chogyam Trungpa Poetry Readings
September 1, 1972, Karme Choling, Vermont
May 6, 1972, Boulder, Colorado
June 10, 1975, Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
We would like to thank the Shambhala Archives and Kalapa Recordings for preserving...
Installing the Kangyur
The duration of this video is 22:39
The Kangyur, the complete library of the Buddha's teachings, was installed in the Karma Dzong main shrine room in Boulder on July 1, 1983. Here...
Spookiness
A Halloween Message from Trungpa Rinpoche [Audio: 1 minute, 47 seconds]
THE BIG NO
OUR TOPIC IS DECENCY. Decency here is not in contrast to the indecency of, say, wearing two different-colored socks or not having your zipper done up. We are talking about decency as something more profound to be realized and understood.
Hazy Moon/Brilliant Sun of Enlightenment
This talk was given in Los Angeles on September 16, 1978.
Cheerful Shambhala Day 1978
Here is the first ever Shambhala Day address, nine minutes and 17 seconds. It took place just after dawn in the newly renovated third-floor shrine room of Dorje Dzong, now the Boulder Shambhala Center. The room was packed with many students and many young children; it was a joyful moment.
Shunyata
This talk on shunyata, was given at Naropa in the summer of 1976. This video was made possible by the work of the Shambhala Archives.
Jamgön Kongtrül of Sechen
Chögyam Trungpa on Sechen Kongtrül
During a recent Sun of Wisdom feast in Halifax, the gathered sadhakas listened to this recording of Trungpa Rinpoche talking about his guru (excerpted from Talk Five...
Jamgon Kongtrul Seminar
This seminar is offered at this time to mark the re-publication of The Sun of Wisdom, a guru sadhana composed by Chögyam Trungpa to his root guru, Jamgon Kongtrul of Shechen.
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...
Training the Mind: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
This six-talk series given at RMCD in 1974 examines the nature of mind training.
Journey Without Goal
This seminar on tantra was given by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche at Naropa Institute (now Naropa University) in the summer of 1974, the first year of Naropa. Chogyam Trungpa took an approach to Vajrayana Buddhism that is unique in its experiential flavor.
Mindfulness and Awareness
Trungpa Rinpoche begins by pointing out the necessity of beginning at the beginning. Otherwise it is like "building a castle on an ice block, or an apartment on an airplane."
Zen and Tantra I
Trungpa Rinpoche gave two seminars on Zen and Tantra, the first in January 1974 at Karme Chöling, and the second in February 1974, at the Harvard Divinity School. These talks have been edited into The Teacup and the Skullcup, with an introduction by Acharya David Schneider.
Zen and Tantra II
Trungpa Rinpoche gave two seminars on Zen and Tantra, the first in January 1974 at Karme Chöling, and the second in February 1974, at the Harvard Divinity School.
Life and Teachings of Marpa
This four-talk seminar took place in Barnet Vermont, September 1973
The True Meaning of Devotion
Tail of the Tiger, August 1973
Message of Milarepa
Tail of the Tiger, July 1973
Community Talks
Here are a few of the community talks that Trungpa Rinpoche gave during the early years of his teaching in North America.
Talk on Meditation
Talk on Meditation given in Davis, California on May 10, 1971
Colorado University Talks, 1971
These are recordings of Trungpa Rinpoche's classes at Colorado University in Boulder in January/February 1971.
Practice of Meditation Seminar, 1971
These five talks where given at Karme Choling in January 1971.
Battle of Ego
These seven talks where given at Karme Choling in December 1970.
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
These six talks where given in Boulder, Colorado in December 1970er, Colorado in December 1970
Meditation and the Buddhist Path
These five talks where given at the Theosophical Society in Buffalo, New York, in October 1970
Work Sex Money: Seminar One
Work, sex and money: these are the main things in our lives that we look to instinctively for satisfaction, and yet, they almost never supply it
One Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa
This 13-talk seminar was held at Tail of the Tiger in August 1970, just one month after Chogyam Trungpa arrived in the United States.
Jewel Ornament of Liberation
These 17 talks on Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation are among the first talks given by Trungpa Rinpoche after his arrival in the United States in July 1970.
Looking into the world
Looking into the world
I see alone a chrysanthemum,
Lonely loneliness,
And death approaches.
Abandoned by guru and friend,
I stand like a lonely juniper
Which grows among rocks,
Hardened and tough.
Loneliness is my habit—
I grew up in...