Topic 22 of 52: Chogyam Trungpa
Sun, Sep 14, 1997 (14:37) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Chogyam Trungpa
10 responses total.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 1 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Sep 14, 1997 (14:37) * 8 lines
from Tom Carr (tomcarr@well.com):
I have been reading a great book, "The Double Mirror, a Skeptical Journey into Buddhist Tantra" by Stephen
Butterfield. Its about his experience in Chogyam Trugpa's organization
Vajradatu.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 2 of 10: Americ Azevedo (americ) * Sun, Nov 9, 1997 (19:50) * 10 lines
I remember being a graduate student when I first saw Chogyam Trungpa, just
after he had come to the United States. My own teacher, Jacob Needleman,
had helped make arrangements to bring him here and publish his book:
Born in Tibet.
Chogyam Trungpa gave a talk in one of our classroom. I did not
understand anything of what he was saying at that time. He was
wearing a turtleneck shirt, sports coast, and drinking a Coke. Not
my image of a spiritual teacher. But as many, many years roled on
he became one of my most important influences. I am thankful for the
encourter.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 3 of 10: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (16:27) * 2 lines
I saw the making of a sand mandala in Denver last year. The monks making it were painstakingly bent over their work seemingly oblivious to the spectators gawking about. The picture of concentration, control, precision. After hours, I begged the security guard to let me take one last peek (after a closed Denver Art Museum affair) When the guard walked me back the mandala monks were talking and eating and drinking party leftovers on a break from their work. Like you, I was surprised and shocked as if Tibeta
monks were to be on such a level to deny the pleasures of conversation, drink and good chocolate truffles!
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 4 of 10: Americ Azevedo (americ) * Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (19:29) * 3 lines
...clearly, enlightenment is not about a specific set of food, sex, sleeping,
exercise, etc. practices.....
subtle are the ways of truth, I suspect.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 5 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (22:06) * 3 lines
I also saw some Tibetan monks doing a sand mandala at the Whole Life Expo in Ausin
two years ago and it's part of the slide show we're running on our home page right now.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 6 of 10: Americ Azevedo (americ) * Tue, Nov 11, 1997 (14:53) * 1 lines
om mani padmi hum....................
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 7 of 10: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (13:50) * 1 lines
The unfortunate result of Denver's sand mandala is that is was preserved and now lives in the Denver Art Museum.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 8 of 10: Brian D. Castelli (gud) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (00:46) * 1 lines
It seems as if enlightenment is in a sense unlearning all the programming we have had, teaching us how to function in this existence. These monks seem to be doing this, getting as close to time when we were children, before all the concerns of the world were with us. Zen mind Beginner's Mind. This isn't an easy task though and each of us (because we are all different) has his/her own way to get there.
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 9 of 10: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (11:29) * 1 lines
Teaching us "how to function in this existence" or teaching us to simply exist in our function?
Topic 22 of 52 [spirit]: Chogyam Trungpa
Response 10 of 10: Americ Azevedo (americ) * Sat, Nov 15, 1997 (14:19) * 2 lines
we just are what we are at this moment
thoughts added onto that are still that
spirit conference 
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