At the beginning of his North American teaching career, Chogyam Trungpa conducted five pivotal seminars on various dharmic topics. The teachings from these seminars--originally published as four separate volumes and including Q&A--are now available in this single volume:

• Glimpses of Mahayana, on the discovery and characteristics of buddha nature
• Glimpses of Shunyata, on the central mahayana teaching of emptiness
• Glimpses of Space, on the inseparability of the vastness of the feminine principle and the dynamism of the masculine principle
• Glimpses of Realization, on the three bodies of enlightenment (dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, nirmanakaya)

In these short, penetrating talks and lively exchanges with his early Western students, the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche presents the essential teachings of Tibetan Buddhism in a direct and experiential way. The talks resonated intensely with his audiences when they were given, and they continue to inspire those who wish to look further into the profundity of human experience. This collection provides direct glimpses of the possibility of liberation, the opening of the human heart, and the awakening of one's true potential.
Glimpses of the Profound: Four Short Works, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 2016, 368 pp, $24.95

Chogyam 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.

CONTENTS: Glimpses of the Profound
Editor's Introduction		vii
GLIMPSES OF MAHAYANA		1
1.	Bad News and Good News	3
2.	A Golden Buddha	11
3.	Awakening Buddha Nature	21
4.	Sudden Glimpse	31
5.	Leap of Confidence	43
6.	Identifying with the Teachings	49
Appendix: The Bodhisattva Vow		65
GLIMPSES OF SHUNYATA		69
1.	Open Space of Shunyata	71
2.	Ground	81
3.	Path	103
4.	Fruition	115
GLIMPSES OF SPACE		137
Part One: The Feminine Principle		139
1.	The Mother Principle	141
2.	Unborn, Unceasing	151
3.	Nature like Sky	163
4.	Prajnaparamita	171
Part Two: EVAM		181
1.	Generations of Astronauts	183
2.	Vajra Question Mark	197
3.	Missing the Boat	205
4.	The Chicken and the Egg	217
5.	Small People with Vast Vision	227
6.	Wash Your Dishes and Take Off Your Roof	235
GLIMPSES OF REALIZATION		247
1.	Why We Are Here at All	249
2.	Cosmic Disaster	261
3.	Self-Existing Grin	277
4.	Light-Heartedness	293
5.	Loose and Awake	305
6.	Buddha Is Everywhere	319
Sources		333
Acknowledgments		335
Resources		337
Index		341