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Remembering Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche on the anniversary of his death
Today is the 26th anniversary of the death of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche — the great Buddhist teacher who (among many other accomplishments) founded the Shambhala Sun. Whether you’re familiar with Rinpoche or not, you may want to check out “Ocean of Dharma,” Barry Boyce’s one-of-a-kind look at the life and work of Trungpa Rinpoche. The [...]
Why Make Art?
“Genuine art tells the truth” - Chögyam Trungpa
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Chögyam Trungpa on truth
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa, from The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three: The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness. The truth is a big truth, very big. It is big like the sky. It is true. Fire burns—true. There is one truth, even on the relative level; [...]
What’s in the Spring Buddhadharma magazine?
The Spring Buddhadharma is on newsstands now, featuring Joan Sutherland on what enlightenment is and isn’t, and how we can experience it in our daily lives, and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche‘s previously unpublished teachings, now public for the first time in The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. In “Confessions of [...]
“460 more years!” Chuck Lief installed as 11th President of Naropa University
In a two-hour ceremony which continually invoked the vision and practical guidance of its founder Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa University formally installed Charles G. Lief as its eleventh President on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Chuck, as he was referred to by many of the wide variety of presenters, wasted no time in setting out an [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on “Riding the Mind”
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from The Profound Treasury of Knowledge, Volume Three: The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness. Practicing dharma is not difficult; it comes naturally. It is free from hassle, and it brings a lot of health. As you practice more and more, you find that practice [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on seeing your confusion
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from The Profound Treasury of Knowledge, Volume Two: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion. Any confusion you experience has within it the essence of wisdom automatically. So as soon as you detect confusion, it is the beginning of some kind of message. At [...]
From the January 2013 magazine: “Fully Genuine”
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche about being fully genuine in life and in art. It’s excerpted from his previously unpublished dharma art teaching “Unconditional Beauty” from our January magazine. When relaxation develops in us, through letting go of neurosis and experiencing a sense of space and cool fresh air [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on “the heart of goodness in you”
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa’s Great Eastern Sun: You don’t need to rely on anybody else’s goodness. You have a resource already, which is your own goodness. Your are already good, and you can actually transmit that goodness to others. In Buddhism, we call this buddha-nature. Examine yourself and your [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on the natural beauty of meditation
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa’s Glimpses of Abhidharma: Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty—climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all sorts of things. But nobody seems to appreciate this kind of natural beauty of ourselves. This is actually far more [...]
Locating the sacred
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche defined sacred space as "a space that is recognized with heart and mind, that radiates a particular atmosphere you cannot help but feel." read more
Chögyam Trungpa on training for inspiration
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa’s True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art. In the experience of awareness, you do not just get hold of one chunk of mindfulness and stick with it, but you experience the mindfulness and its shadow, the environment around it. There is a tremendous appreciation of [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on “The Buddha in the Human Realm”
From Ocean of Dharma comes this quote from Chögyam Trungpa: In traditional portrayals of the six realms of existence, the Buddha in the human realm is shown with a begging bowl. We may associate this with a mentality of poverty, which is the largest concern in the human realm. But by carrying a begging bowl, [...]
Chögyam Trungpa on “cool boredom”
“Boredom is part of the discipline of meditation practice. This type of boredom is cool boredom, refreshing boredom. Boredom is necessary and you have to work with it. It is constantly very sane and solid, and very boring at the same time. But it’s refreshing boredom. The discipline then becomes part of one’s daily expression [...]
The Skeptical Buddhist: Art and War
The end of May brings the end of Arts month at IDP, as well as Memorial Day in the US. Over the course of the month, I’ve been contemplating and studying the book True Perception by Chögyam Trungpa
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Naropa University names Charles G. Lief its new president
Boulder, Colorado’s Naropa University, the contemplative university that was founded as Naropa Institute by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, has announced Charles G. “Chuck” Lief as its new president. Along with the above video, in which Lief discusses staying true to Naropa’s roots, the University has issued the following press release, which serves as a bio for [...]
Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.
The definition of art, from this point of view, is to be able to see the uniqueness of everyday experience. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche read more
Chögyam Trungpa on “The Power of Speech”
“Buddhism has the potential of bringing together cultural phenomena with spiritual understanding. We don’t want to make a trip out of that, but nonetheless it is true. Your chairs and tables and photographs on the wall are not particularly religious but they are cultural phenomena. And they are works of art. [...]
Glimpses of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche; Share your tribute
Twenty-five years ago today, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche passed away in Halifax, Nova Scotia, his last place of residence and the seat of the Shambhala Buddhist community. Rinpoche was many things — a Tibetan Buddhist master, an author, an artist, the founder of Naropa University, the founder of the Shambhala Sun magazine, and on and on… [...]
Video: A tribute to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from his son
Tomorrow, April 4, 2012, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passing of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the pioneering Tibetan Buddhist teacher and founder of this magazine. It’s a given that it isn’t easy to put feelings about such a figure — much less the loss of such a figure — into words. So it’s fitting that [...]