Born In Tibet
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570627142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. . He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom
In an epilogue, he describes his emigration to the West, where he encountered many people eager to learn about the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.. Chögyam Trungpa—meditation master, scholar, and artist—was identified at the age of only thirteen months as a major tulku, or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. Trungpa's account of his experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot and spiritual head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships with his teachers offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a Tibetan lama. The memoir concludes with his daring escape from Tibet to India. The following year, the Chinese Communists invaded Tibet, and the young Trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture. As the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as the Trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period of intensive training in mediation, philosophy, and fine arts, receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958 at the age of eighteen
Lessons in impermanence Arguably the earliest breakthrough account of his homeland before and after the Chinese invasion, when this appeared in 1968 it preceded the Rinpoche's fame and the attention his "crazy wisdom" inspired among followers and detractors. Boldly, Trungpa sought to strip the Vajrayana, the Tibetan Buddhist doctrine, of its factional distinctions and to transmit to the West, among the predicted "land of the red-skinned faces" in the age of iron, the dharma.That episode, rapidly told, appends the revised edition of this narrat. A Fascinating Account of Monastic Life in Old Tibet William Courson Born in Tibet:A fascinating account of monastic life in old Tibetby Bill CoursonThe Eleventh Trungpa tulku, Chökyi Gyatso (1938-1987), has been described as the major Buddhist pioneer in America and the Western world. Meditation master, holder of the Kagyu and Nyingma transmission lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, Oxford scholar, artist and poet, Trungpa Rinpoche founded the first accredited Buddhist University in the Occident (Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado), and established well in excess of a hundred Vajradh. Life in Tibet and escape from Communism This superb book tells the remarkable tale of the 11th consciously reincarnated Trungpa Tulku, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, who after living a traditional spiritual life in Eastern Tibet is forced to flee the brutal Chinese invasion of his country in the late 1950s.The story gives a rare first-hand glimpse into the secluded monastic world of pre-communist Tibet as well as some horryfying accounts of the atrocities committed by the Chinese against this totally peaceful nation. Although largely unknown to the West until fairl
Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Wa