All Chogyam Trungpa

A talk with my friend, Chip Willams.

After all the years ending up in the same place. A conversation on friends and time, meditation, Basic Goodness, mantra, and the human path of awakening.

POC - People of Color Buddist Meditation Groups.

POC Buddhist groups are increasingly common at present in Buddhist sanghas yet it took decades for them to be perceived as legitimate programs addressing core Buddhist vi

My mother, Lola, Bodhisattva Mahasattva Guadalupana.

What does a Mexican mother, a follower of La Virgen de Guadalupe, have to do with the highest teachings of Chogyam Trungpa?

Why did Sam Harris trash talk Chogyam Trungpa? - Part 2

Why did Sam Harris select to trash talk and misrepresent Chogyam Trungpa, especially given that Sam Harris is so sensitive to being misrepresented?

Why did Sam Harris choose to Smack Talk and misrepresent Chogyam Trungpa?

Why did Sam Harris choose to Smack Talk and misrepresent Chogyam Trungpa?

Lama Rod Owens on Shambhala Sexual Misconduct.

Comments on talk given by Lama Rod Owens in the London Shambhala Center.

Appropriating Chogyam Trungpa.

Who owns, interprets, and shares the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa?

Suffering.

Removing the splinter of I in suffering.

We've been snobs, among other sins.

We've been snobs, among other sins.

Jordan Peterson gets idiot compassion better than most Buddhists.

While not understanding Buddhist compassion, Jordan Peterson understands idiot compassion better than most Buddhists.

Christian Demons and Buddhist Disappointment.

Spiritual ambition as a human enterprise.

Spiritual Materialism and The Lord of Mind.

The effort of consciousness to maintain awareness of itself.

Spiritual Materialism and The Lord of Speech.

The inclination on the part of ego to interpret anything that threatens it or irritates it into something positive.

Spiritual Materialism and The Lord of Form.

The nurotic pursuit of physical comfort, security, and pleasure.

Doubt.

We doubt whether there is a real connection between our projections and reality.

Don't be afraid of being a fool.

You don't understand and don't know and it's ok.

Dharmajacking Trungpa

Not losing sight of what matters in crisis.

Faith

What is the role of faith in Buddhism? Comments on faith excerpt from Chogyam Trungpa.

Taming Neurosis

The discipline involoved in taming neurosis.

Nuisance

Comments on nuisance excerpt, from "Mindfulness in Action" in The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 10 by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, page 297