The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems, plays, and interviews, many of which have never before been available in book form. From memoirs of his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet to insightful discussions of psychology, mind, and meditation; from original verse and calligraphy to the esoteric lore of tantric Buddhism - the impressive range of Trungpa's vision, talents, and teachings is showcased in this landmark series.
Volume One contains Trungpa's early writing in Great Britain, including Born in Tibet (1966), the memoir of his youth and training; Meditation in Action (1969), a classic on the practice of meditation; and Mudra (1972), a collection of verse. Among the selected articles from the 1960s and '70s are early teachings on compassion and the bodhisattva path. Other articles contain unique information on the history of Buddhism in Tibet; an exposition of teachings of dzogchen with the earliest instruction by Trungpa Rinpoche ever to appear in print; and an intriguing discussion of society and politics, which may be the first recorded germ of the Shambhala teachings.
Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Vol.1, Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian, Shambhala Publications, Hardcover, 512 pp.
, $60.00
Trungpa was born in Eastern Tibet and recognized as an incarnation of the Trungpa line at an early date. He studied with, among others, one of the reincarnations of the Jamgyon Kongtrul who wrote the most famous commentary on the Seven Points. In 1959 he fled to India in the wake of the Communist takeover in Tibet, courageously leading many of his people to safety (this period is described in his book Born in Tibet.)
He came to England in the mid-sixties to study at Oxford, learned English, started to teach, and started one of the first Tibetan Buddhist centers in the West. He later dropped his monastic vows, married, and moved to America where he continued his teaching. He founded the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, a large and highly respected Buddhist university, as well as the Shambhala organization. The influence of both his teaching and his books on American Buddhism was and still is enormous.
Dedication v
Foreword by Diana J. Mukpo xi
Publisher's Foreword by Samuel Bercholz xv
Editor's Note xix
Introduction to Volume One xxi
BORN IN TIBET
Foreword to the 1995 Edition 3
Foreword to the 1977 Edition 5
Acknowledgments
How to Pronounce Tibetan Names and Words 17
1. Found and Enthroned 19
2. The Founding of Surmang 27
3. Dutsi Tel and Namgyal Tse 32
4. My Childhood at Dutsi Tel 38
5. In the Steps of the Tenth Trungpa 57
6. I Go to My Guru 69
7. Death, Duties, and a Vision 78
8. A Many-Sided Training 91
9. The Dalai Lama's Visit 100
10. Khampas in Revolt 115
11. Lonely Vocation 125
12. Into Hiding 147
13. Must We Escape? 170
14. It Must Be India 178
15. Refugees on the Move 191
16. Traveling the Hard Way 204
17. Days of Crisis 216
18. Touch and Go! 227
19. Across the Himalaya 238
Song of the Wanderer in Powo Valley 259
Epilogue to the 1977 Edition: Planting the Dharma in the West 261
Epilogue to the 1971 Edition 279
Appendix 1 : The Administratwn of the Kagyu Monasteries of East
Tibet 285
Appendix 2 : The Doctrine of Tulkus 288
MEDITATION IN ACTION
The Life and Example of Buddha 293
The Manure of Experience and the Field of Bodhi 302
Transmission 312
Generosity 316
Patience 325
Meditation 330
Wisdom 343
MUDRA
Acknowledgments 354
Homage to the Guru of Inner Awareness 355
Introduction 359
Maha Ati 361
Songs 373
Poems 385
The Way of the Buddha 407
Ox Herding 415
SELECTED WRITINGS
Om Mani Padme Hum Hrih 431
Taking Refuge 436
Early Tibetan Buddhism 438
The Age of Milarepa 443
The Mahasattva Avalokiteshvara
The Way of the Bodhisattva 452
The Way of Maha Ati 461
The Meditation of Guru Rinpoche 466
The New Age 468
Glossary 473
Sources 483
Acknowledgments 485
A Biography of Chogyam Trungpa 487
Books by Chogyam Trungpa 493
Resources 499
Index 503
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