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By the time a person hears the news, it is not news at all, but opinion. It becomes a message of some kind, rather than fresh, straightforward news --Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche … Have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner? --Macbeth As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Show More Summary

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 [...]

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and how we can experience it in our daily lives, and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche‘s previously unpublished teachings, now public for the first time in The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma.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 [...]

Locating the sacred

8 months agoReligion / Buddhism : IDP Blog

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

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

James Rotondi: Ian Astbury: The Cult's "Smash-and-Grab Buddhist"

A restless autodidact who routinely references Joseph Campbell, Terence McKenna, Pema Chödrön, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and other teachers, Astbury leads what he calls "a very nomadic existence."

A Trungpa Rinpoche Crazy Wisdom Teaching. ~ Peter Mt. Shasta

As the sake flowed I thought he must have lost sight of how close to the edge he had come. Was an inebriated Lama more conscious than an ordinary drunk? Did he realize where he was and how dangerous his situation---and the stress he was inflicting on me?

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 [...]

Taking the temperature of practice

When we have "fundamental appreciation and respect for what we do, every act is a sacred act," Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche says. read more

Take a video tour of “Great Eastern Sun: The Shambhala Community in Nova Scotia”

In the Shambhala Buddhist community — as founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the pioneering Tibetan teacher who also founded the Shambhala Sun and Naropa University — Wednesday February 22nd is known as “Shambhala Day.” (It is also the day on which many Tibetans, generally, might be celebrating the dawn of a New Year, but many, [...]

Looking at the life of Chögyam Trungpa

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche — the great Buddhist teacher who (among many other accomplishments) founded the Shambhala Sun. To mark this, our January 2012 magazine includes “Ocean of Dharma,” Barry Boyce’s look at the life and work of Trungpa Rinpoche, and we’ll be sharing teachings from [...]

Now online: Read Part 2 of “Ocean of Dharma,” on the life and legacy of Chögyam Trungpa

In “Ocean of Dharma,” found in our current, January 2012 magazine, Barry Boyce surveys the vast body of teachings — and their lasting impact — of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a seminal figure in twentieth-century of Buddhism (and, founder of the Shambhala Sun). We’ve previously published Part 1 of the eight-part feature online; now Part 2, “The [...]

Bombarded by Coconuts of Wakefulness

A guest post by Lodro Rinzler, author of the new book, The Buddha Walks Into a Bar. In the garden of gentle sanity May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche A broken heart sucks. I won’t lie and say it doesn’t. However, it can also be a golden opportunity to wake up to your [...]

From the current Shambhala Sun: Read Part 1 of Barry Boyce’s look at the life and legacy of Chögyam Trungpa

It has been twenty-five years since the death of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a seminal figure in modern Buddhism and founder of the Shambhala Sun. In “Ocean of Dharma,” from our January 2012 magazine, Barry Boyce surveys Trungpa’s teachings and their lasting impact on how Buddhism is understood and practiced. “He lived to leave a legacy,” [...]

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