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Dharma Ocean
Сердце будды
Чогьям Трунгпа Ринпоче - буддийский мастер и учитель, внесший большой вклад в распространение на Западе учений буддизма. В данную книгу вошли статьи, составленные по материалам выступлений и публикаций Чогьяма Трунгпы. Все их объединяет особый, нетрадиционный и живой стиль изложения, которым был известен автор. Благодаря разнообразию содержания статей книга будет полезна как тем, кто уже вступил на буддийский путь, так и тем, кто только готовится к этому или просто хочет познакомиться с буддийским взглядом на светские и религиозные вопросы.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published August 6, 1991
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Chögyam Trungpa
166 books814 followersVidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཆོས་ རྒྱམ་ དྲུང་པ་ Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; also known as Dorje Dradul of Mukpo, Surmang Trungpa, after his monastery, or Chökyi Gyatso, of which Chögyam is an abbreviation) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, and artist. He was the 11th descendent in the line of Trungpa tulkus of the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also trained in the Nyingma tradition, the oldest of the four schools, and was an adherent of the rimay or "non-sectarian" movement within Tibetan Buddhism, which aspired to bring together and make available all the valuable teachings of the different schools, free of sectarian rivalry.
Trungpa was a significant figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method, a presentation of the Buddhadharma largely devoid of ethnic trappings. In 1963, he moved to England to study comparative religion, philosophy, and fine arts at Oxford University. During this time, he also studied Japanese flower arranging and received an instructors degree from the Sogetsu school of ikebana. In 1967, he moved to Scotland, where he founded the Samye Ling meditation centre.
Shortly thereafter, a variety of experiences—including a car accident that left him partially paralyzed on the left side of his body—led him to give up his monastic vows and work as a lay teacher. In 1969, he published Meditation in Action , the first of fourteen books on the spiritual path published during his lifetime. The following year he married Diana Pybus and moved to the United States, where he established his first North American meditation centre, Tail of the Tiger (now known as Karmê-Chöling) in Barnet, Vermont.
In 1986, he moved to Nova Scotia, Canada, where hundreds of his students had settled. That Autumn, after years of heavy alcohol use, he had a cardiac arrest, and he died of heart failure the following Spring. His legacy is carried on by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, under the banner of Shambhala International and the Nalanda Translation Committee.
Trungpa was a significant figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method, a presentation of the Buddhadharma largely devoid of ethnic trappings. In 1963, he moved to England to study comparative religion, philosophy, and fine arts at Oxford University. During this time, he also studied Japanese flower arranging and received an instructors degree from the Sogetsu school of ikebana. In 1967, he moved to Scotland, where he founded the Samye Ling meditation centre.
Shortly thereafter, a variety of experiences—including a car accident that left him partially paralyzed on the left side of his body—led him to give up his monastic vows and work as a lay teacher. In 1969, he published Meditation in Action , the first of fourteen books on the spiritual path published during his lifetime. The following year he married Diana Pybus and moved to the United States, where he established his first North American meditation centre, Tail of the Tiger (now known as Karmê-Chöling) in Barnet, Vermont.
In 1986, he moved to Nova Scotia, Canada, where hundreds of his students had settled. That Autumn, after years of heavy alcohol use, he had a cardiac arrest, and he died of heart failure the following Spring. His legacy is carried on by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, under the banner of Shambhala International and the Nalanda Translation Committee.
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November 30, 2012
Though I couldn't help but chuckle cynically at his essay on "conscious drinking," I got a lot out of this pithy collection of essays and transcribed talks. This book was especially helpful in delineating what to expect when taking the refuge and bodhisattva vows, and it allayed some fears of mine (and instigated others) about what may lay in store as I pursue the Shambhala vajrayana path further.
April 10, 2018
Not my favorite Chögyam Trungpa book. I'd recommend starting with Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
November 16, 2020
Trungpa was a con man who formed a cult, in some ways similar to Donald Trump. Contrary to the descriptions of his sexual relations with students provided by other reviewers, he was a predator who, for example, had his cult followers violently sexually assault poets W.S. Merwin and Dana Noane while he watched and taunted them with racist insults. Trungpa's Shambhala successors carried on his hateful legacy - one of them concealed his HIV infection and infected many students, at least one of whom died, and Trungpa's son has been accused of multiple accounts of rape. I attended a tradition Tibetan temple with my family for years and we were always treated with love consistent with the teachings of the buddha and when I asked about Shambhala, I was told that it had nothing to do with buddhism. I recommend reading Andrea Winn's Buddhist Project Sunshine.
April 18, 2022
This is a good introduction to Buddhism. I especially like the descriptions of items on an altar. The chapters are based on articles that the author wrote, so the chapters are not always cohesive. However, I still think it is worth reading for the background on Buddhism.
March 15, 2018
A more formal how-to manual for individuals serious about getting more serious with Buddhism. Less philosophical, and more functional.
November 4, 2007
A great book of various dharma teachings by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
May 19, 2008
The book that let me know I had been a Buddhist all my life, only hadn't known what it was called.
February 19, 2009
Great overview of the Shambhala Tibetan Buddhist Path.
April 9, 2009
Chogyam Tringpa's books are unfathomable. I could read the same title a million times and still find something new...something I missed before. He understands human beings in the deepest way.
April 10, 2009
Great inspirational buddhist reading...ruminates on compassion, meditation, being in the moment always
October 31, 2012
The last series of chapters are amazing. Each one is like a gift of wisdom.
March 26, 2014
Great book on what being a Shambhala Buddhist means. Written in the typical Trungpa irreverent and practical style. Loved it.
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