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Chögyam Trungpa

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Chögyam Trungpa (1939–1987) was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, author, and meditation master teacher and is recognized as a leading influence in the spread of Buddhist teachings in the West. He established Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist university in North America, as well as Shambhala International, an organization of more than two hundred meditation centers worldwide. He authored many bestselling books on meditation and spiritual practice, including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior and Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism.

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One-Shot Mind

In his seminal teaching on the four foundations of mindfulness, the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche explained how to practice mindfulness of mind.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2017
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity . . . Decency is the absence of strategy.

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How to Be a Bodhisattva

It may seem like an unattainable ideal, but you can start right now as a bodhisattva-in-training. All you need is the aspiration to put others first and some inspiration from helpful guides like the Buddhist teachers found here.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Judy Lief, bell hooks, Christina Feldman, the Karmapa
2020
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Living the Lion’s Roar: How to Practice Fearlessness

At every stage of our path, says Chögyam Trunpga Rinpoche, the fearless proclamation of the truth cuts through ego. Are we ready to hear it?

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Chögyam Trungpa
2017
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Reggie Ray - Dharma of Everyday Life - December 3, 2009

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Chögyam Trungpa
2010
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin to figure out how to tell their news. They develop a plan, which leads them completely away from simply telling it.

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The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation

In The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation, Chögyam Trungpa explores the true meaning of freedom, showing us how our attitudes, preconceptions, and even our spiritual practices can become chains that bind us to repetitive patterns of frustration and despair.

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Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)
2002
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Healing and the Reality of Death

We view our desire to get rid of disease as a desire to live. But it is often just the opposite: it is an attempt to avoid life. Illness is not so special—nor so terrible. It is a question of acknowledging that we are born alone and that we die alone, but that it is still okay.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2016
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Surrendering Your Aggression | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Aggression not in the sense of that you're angry, you keep on loosing temper. But aggression in the sense of fundamental obstacle. Surrendering, seems to be the only way to overcome aggression. Naropa University 1975 1975 by Diana J. Mukpo.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2010
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.

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