Chogyam Trungpa

Ebola: the Buddhist connection

There's an unusual connection between Ebola and Buddhism. Ashoka Mukpo, one of a handful of Americans who have contracted Ebola,…

October 15, 2014

The trance of fear

All of us live with fear. Whenever fear takes over, we’re caught in what I call the trance of fear.…

July 24, 2013

How not to practice “idiot compassion” (Day 33)

Chogyam Trungpa borrowed from Gurdjieff the very useful notion of "idiot compassion." Gurdjieff, a rather fascinating spiritual teacher of the…

May 14, 2013

The backward step: resting in pure being

Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa once opened a class by drawing a V on a large white sheet of poster paper.…

March 13, 2013

“The Five Keys to Mindful Communication,” by Susan Gillis Chapman

I first started reading The Five Keys to Mindful Communication while waiting for my daughter at the airport. At the…

February 4, 2013

“Fully Alive: A Retreat with Pema Chodron On Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change”

Pema Chodron was the first North American born woman to become an ordained Bhikkhuni. She teaches in the Shambhala tradition…

January 14, 2013

“Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness” by Chogyam Trungpa

As a long-standing Western Buddhist, my curiosity was piqued by this book. Work, sex and money are crucial issues to…

April 6, 2012

“A Little Book of Love” by Moh Hardin

This is the first book by Moh Hardin, an acarya, or senior teacher, in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. He lives…

December 2, 2011

A pioneering American Buddhist’s life amid strife

Peggy Fletcher Stack (Salt Lake Tribune): Charles Prebish’s path through American Buddhism has taken him to cities and universities, libraries…

September 2, 2011

Film review: Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Unique perspective on controversial Tibetan lama’s life and teachings skews toward the reverential. Well before American Buddhists and New Age…

February 18, 2011