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On Chögyam Trungpa
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche is the quintessential spiritual guide. His teachings—steeped in ancient tradition and presented with relaxed fluency in western language and culture—are profound, accessible, and fresh. In addition to the buddhadharma, he offered the secular path of Shambhala, cultivating an appreciation of inherent bravery, dignity and goodness beyond cultural and religious bounds. Through his many books, Trungpa Rinpoche continues to be an incomparable source of wisdom and courage in the world. The Chronicles is an ongoing celebration of his profound teachings and life example.
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These teachings by Chögyam Trungpa are selected at random from Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week: the email service that brings Trungpa Rinpoche’s dharma to your inbox several times each week. For more information, or to add your name to the list, visit OceanofDharma.com.
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week is edited and produced by Carolyn Rose Gimian. Thank you to Lady Diana Mukpo, Mrs. Gimian, and Shambhala Publications for making these teachings available on the Chronicles.
When the Sun Rises
The tradition of Shambhala is like the rising of the sun. When the sun rises, everybody is able to see it. But if people are blind, then they are not able to see it. When we say “blind,” we are referring to the setting-sun people [those who do not connect with wakefulness]. However, the fundamental or ultimate sun lies in the hearts of all people.
Therefore, everyone possesses fundamental well-being, brilliance, and purity. Whoever a person is, he or she is capable of crying, and also capable of laughing. That is the indication that everyone has the Great Eastern Sun within them.
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Listen to this tribute from Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche [5 minutes].
Practice of Meditation Seminar, 1971
These five talks where given at Karme Choling in January 1971.
Meeting the Guru
I expected something extraordinary to happen ... but nothing happened, and he was very pleased.
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.
Propagating the Dharma
A two-minute clip from Talk Five of the 1975 Seminary
Famous Last Words
Rinpoche 's parting words to the sangha before leaving for a year-long retreat in 1977