Foreword by Diana J. Mukpo xvii
Preface xix
Introduction xxi
Chapter One
PORTRAIT OF CH�GYAM TRUNGPA IN 1970 1
1. Encounter with Hippie America 3
Ch�gyam Trungpa meets the hippie generation
True communication beyond hypocrisy
A challenge to inauthenticity
2. His Following Increases 10
Tail of the Tiger
Colorado and the lack of a private life
Rocky Mountain Dharma Center
A rapid expansion
3. Teaching Buddhism: From a Seminar on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation to "Work, Sex, and Money" 16
4. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism 18
The retreat in Bhutan and the realization of the universality of spiritual materialism
The Three Lords of Materialism
The persistence of spiritual materialism
5. From Cynicism to Gentleness 24
No more "trips"
Meditation
The second phase: open your heart
Chapter Two
CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION 29
1. Finding the Eleventh Trungpa and the Notion of T�lku 32
2. The Tradition of Surmang and the History of the Lineage 35
The union of the Nyingma and Kagy� lineages
The union of politics and spirituality
K�nga Gyaltsen, the first Trungpa
From the second to the ninth Trungpa
The tenth Trungpa
3. Recognition of the Eleventh Trungpa and His Training 41
4. Jamg�n Kongtr�l of Sechen and the Student-Teacher Relationship 43
The importance of the teacher
Devotion as the heart of an authentic spiritual attitude
Jamg�n Kongtr�l the Great, the Ri-me movement, and the denunciation of corruption
With Jamg�n Kongtr�l of Sechen
5. Leaving Tibet 53
The extension of the seminary and Khenpo Gangshar
The Chinese invasion
To return to Surmang or leave for India?
Escape to India
Chapter Three
MEDIATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SITTING 61
1. The Need to Return to Simple Practice 63
2. The Basis of the Path 65
3. Description of the Practice 67
The posture
Breathing
The mind
4. The Practice of Shamatha and Vipashyana 70
5. No Promises 72
6. From the Simplicity of Shamatha to the Primordial Nature of Mahamudra and Maha Ati 74
The perspective of mahamudra
7. Nyinth�n, Dath�n, and Meditation Instructors 76
Chapter Four
EXPERIENCE, MODERNITY, AND TRADITION 81
1. Thinking Takes a Modern Turn 83
A traditional master
Modernity
Ch�gyam Trungpa the revolutionary
Ch�gyam Trungpa and Paul C�zanne
2. Translation 94
Teaching in English
What is translation?
Chapter Five
HOW CH�GYAM TRUNGPA TAUGHT 101
1. To Speak From the Heart 103
An uncompromising teaching
2. Three Styles of Transmission 109
3. Commitment to a Specific School 112
4. Advice for Students about to Teach 113
Seminary
Chapter Six
TEACHING THE THREE YANAS 119
1. The Progressive Approach of the Three Yanas 121
2. Hinayana: The Narrow Path 125
3. Mahayana: The Open Way 126
4. Vajrayana: The Abrupt Way 132
5. Restoring the Sense of Initiation 133
6. The Dzogchen Teacher: Presenting Everything from the Ultimate Point of View 138
Gradual way / sudden way
Chapter Seven
THE TANTRIC TEACHER 145
1. Tantra as Ground 148
Appreciating relative truth
Passion, pleasure, art, and sensory perceptions
2. Crazy Wisdom Teacher 152
Crazy wisdom
3. Inviting Chaos and Confusion 155
Chapter Eight
MAITRI: OPENING OUT TO THE
MANIFESTATIONS OF SPACE 167
1. From an Experimental Therapeutic Community to the Development of Contemplative Psychology 170
The creation of Maitri rooms
2. The Practice of Space Therapy 173
Maitri
The tantric perspective: the five Buddha families
3. The Maitri Center 176
4. The Development of Maitri 180
Chapter Nine
MUDRA: SPACE AWARENESS 185
1. The Birth of Full Mudra Space Awareness 188
The creation of Mudra, the sound and perception cycles
2. The Mudra Theatre Meeting 191
3. The Intensification Exercises 193
4. Mudra, Dzogchen, and Mahamudra 196
5. The Mudra Group 197
6. The Second Meeting: Being and Projecting in Space 198
7. The Plays 199
Chapter 10
PRESENTING THE SHAMBHALA TEACHINGS 201
1. The vision of the Kingdom of Shambhala 204
2. Discovering in Our Hearts a Sense of Genuine Initiation 207
Basic goodness
Fear
The warrior
3. The Shambhala Teachings: A Complete Cycle of Termas 216
Receiving the termas
The king joins heaven and earth
4. How to Enter into Relationship with the Dralas 228
Chapter Eleven
FROM SHAMBHALA TEACHINGS TO
SHAMBHALA TRAINING 233
1. A Weekend of Shambhala Training 235
2. The Creation of Shambhala Training 237
3. The Five Levels of Shambhala Training 241
4. Presenting the Shambhala Teachings beyond the First Cycle 243
5. Buddhism and Shambhala 244
Affirming the independence of the Shambhala teachings
A vaster vision
Chapter Twelve
RETHINKING EDUCATION 249
1. The Naropa Institute 251
The project
The Nalanda heritage
The importance of meditation
A contemplative education
A brief history of Naropa Institute
Official recognition
2. The Schools 259
Alaya, a preschool for children between two and five
Vidya, an elementary school
Chapter Thirteen
PORTRAIT OF CH�GYAM TRUNGPA AS AN ARTIST 265
1. The Theatre 268
2. Photography and Cinema 271
3. Poetry 275
Dohas and haikus
Encounters with Allen Ginsberg
Improvisation
Poetry as personal experience
4. Painting and Calligraphy 284
5. Ikebana 286
6. A Complete Artist 287
Chapter Fourteen
THE KARMAPA'S VISIT AND THE INTRODUCTION OF FORMALITIES MANIFESTING ENLIGHTENMENT 289
1. Establishing a Set of Formalities 291
Why formalities?
2. The Karmapa's Visit: A Turning Point 295
How formalities allowed a "sacred vision" to be manifested
A moving meeting
The sacred vision
Chapter Fifteen
A BUDDHISM FOR THE WEST: FOUNDING A NEW CULTURE 305
1. The Sources of a New Culture: England, Japan, and Tibet 308
England and the West
Ties, suits, and uniforms
Savoir-vivre and table manners
Japan
Ikebana
Kobun Chino Roshi and Kanjuro Shibata Sensei
Oryoki
Rituals
Tibet
2. The World of Shambhala 325
The meditation room
Publications and posters
Pins and flags
Symbolism and the magic of colors
Ceremonies
Midsummer's Day
Shambhala Day
Ch�gyam Trungpa's birthday
Marriages
Chapter Sixteen
FORMS ASSOCIATED WITH SPEECH 337
1. Teaching Elocution: Recognizing the Importance of Speech 339
The threefold logic of elocution
2. The Qualities Game 344
3. The Shambhala Anthem and Other Songs 345
Chapter Seventeen
THE CREATION OF THE COURT 349
1. Daily Life with Ch�gyam Trungpa 352
Four Mile Canyon
Aurora 7
550 Mapleton Avenue
Eleventh and Cascade Streets
2. The Creation of a Mandala, or Court 360
The mandala as a field of experience
The three mandalas
3. Serving Rinpoche 363
The three dimensions of reality and symbolic language
A sense of humor
Kasung, Kusung, and Shabdu
4. The Court and Mandala: A Teaching Situation 365
Chapter Eighteen
DHARMA ART 369
1. Deliberate Art and Art in Everyday Life 373
2. From the Creation of Padma Jong to the Large Installations in Los Angeles and San Francisco 374
Padma Jong: an artists' community
At the Naropa Institute
The study of Dharma Art
3. The Richness of Perception Transcends All Aggression 381
From ikebana to arranging objects
Polishing the mind
Chapter Nineteen
THE SOCIAL VISIONARY 387
1. The Need to Unite Spirituality and Politics to Help Others 391
Building a political and spiritual community
Founding an "enlightened society"
2. An Enlightened Society 396
Facing the distress in our world
Beyond individualism and subjectivity: what is a society?
3. The Political Project: Propagating Human Dignity 401
Enlightened society in the perspective of the Great Eastern Sun
4. Sacred Order 407
A hierarchical society: a way of taking care of each other and allowing for true transmission
A hierarchy with neither superiors or inferiors
Recognizing hierarchy provides the chance to cultivate excellence and authentic presence
5. Royalty, Democracy, and Socialism 412
Criticism of democracy
Monarchy, or the conception of a sacred power
The parliament and the role of the dekyongs
Chapter Twenty
THE MAIN FIGURES IN THE MANDALA OF
CH�GYAM TRUNGPA 423
1. Students 425
Assigning responsibilities
Allowing everyone to find their place
2. Diana Mukpo, Sakyong Wangmo 431
3. �sel Rangdr�l Mukpo, Sawang and Future Sakyong 434
4. The Vajra Regent �sel Tendzin 437
The first encounter
The future Gampopa
Thomas Rich officially becomes the Vajra Regent
The Regent's activities
5. The Dorje Lopp�n, Responsible for the Three Yanas 444
6. David Rome 445
7. The Board of Directors, the Sangyum, and the Dap�ns 447
The board of directors
The Sangyum
The Dap�ns
Chapter Twenty-one
THE DORJE KASUNG: AN EXEMPLARY PATH 455
1. The Dorje Kasung, the Kasung Kyi Khyap, and the Dap�ns 457
The creation of the Dorje Kasung
David Rome becomes the head of the Kasung
2. The Path of the Kasung 461
Learning to be Overcome aggression
Serving the teacher
3. Encampment 466
4. An Army Dedicated to Wakefulness and Helping Others 469
Chapter Twenty-two
DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA 471
1. Integrating Practice into the Local Economy and Politics 474
2. Moving to Nova Scotia 475
Chapter Twenty-three
SPIRITUAL MASTER AND MONARCH 483
1. The Teacher Is One with the Nature of Each Being's Mind 485
2. Contact With All Aspects of Students' Lives 490
3. An Unconditional and Personal Love 492
4. A Man in Constant Transformation 493
Total abandonment
5. His Death and Continuing Presence 498
Afterword 507
Organizations Established by Ch�gyam Trungpa 509
Books by Ch�gyam Trungpa 513
Resources 515
Acknowledgements 519
Index 525
