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The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume Eight

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA

 

VOLUME ONE
Born in Tibet • Meditation in Action • Mudra
• Selected Writings
VOLUME TWO
Glimpses of Abhidharma • Glimpses of Mahayana • Glimpses of Shunyata • The Path Is the Goal • Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
• Selected Writings
VOLUME THREE
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism • The Heart of the Buddha • The Myth of Freedom
• Selected Writings
VOLUME FOUR
The Dawn of Tantra • Journey without Goal • The Lion’s Roar
• An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa
VOLUME FIVE
Crazy Wisdom • Illusion’s Game • The Life of Marpa the Translator
(Excerpts) •
The Rain of Wisdom
(Excerpts) •
The Sadhana of Mahamudra
(Excerpts) • Selected Writings
VOLUME SIX
Glimpses of Space • Orderly Chaos • Secret Beyond Thought • The Tibetan Book of the Dead:
Commentary •
Transcending Madness
• Selected Writings
VOLUME SEVEN
The Art of Calligraphy
(Excerpts) •
Dharma Art

Visual Dharma
(Excerpts) • Selected Poems • Selected Writings
VOLUME EIGHT
Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala • Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
• Selected Writings

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF

CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA

 

VOLUME EIGHT

 

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Great Eastern Sun:

The Wisdom of Shambhala

Selected Writings

EDITED BY

Carolyn Rose Gimian

SHAMBHALA • BOSTON & LONDON • 2010

Shambhala Publications, Inc.

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Boston, Massachusetts 02115

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© 2004 by Diana J. Mukpo

Introduction to Volume Eight © 2004 by Carolyn R. Gimian

Frontispiece: Chögyam Trungpa at the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, ca. 1984. Photograph by Lee Weingrad. Used by permission.

See pages Sources section at the back of this book for a continuation of the copyright page.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trungpa, Chögyam, 1939–

[Works. 2003]

The collected works of Chögyam Trungpa / edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian; forewords by Diana J. Mukpo and Samuel Bercholz.—1st ed.

p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN 978-0-8348-2157-6

ISBN 1-59030-025-4 (v.1)

ISBN 1-59030-026-2 (v.2)

ISBN 1-59030-027-0 (v.3)

ISBN 1-59030-028-9 (v.4)

ISBN 1-59030-029-7 (v.5)

ISBN 1-59030-030-0 (v.6)

ISBN 1-59030-031-9 (v.7)

ISBN 1-59030-032-7 (v.8)

1. Spiritual life—Buddhism.   2. Buddhism—Doctrines.   I. Gimian, Carolyn Rose.   II. Title.

BQ4302.T7823    2003

294.3′420423—dc22        2003058963

CONTENTS

 

Introduction to Volume Eight

S
HAMBHALA
: T
HE
S
ACRED
P
ATH
OF THE
W
ARRIOR

 

Editor’s Preface
Foreword

PART ONE
   
How to Be a Warrior

 

1.  Creating an Enlightened Society

2.  Discovering Basic Goodness

3.  The Genuine Heart of Sadness

4.  Fear and Fearlessness

5.  Synchronizing Mind and Body

6.  The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun

7.  The Cocoon

8.  Renunciation and Daring

9.  Celebrating the Journey

10. Letting Go

PART TWO
   
Sacredness: The Warrior’s World

 

11. Nowness

12. Discovering Magic

13. How to Invoke Magic

14. Overcoming Arrogance

15. Overcoming Habitual Patterns

16. Sacred World

17. Natural Hierarchy

18. How to Rule

PART THREE
   
Authentic Presence

 

19. The Universal Monarch

20. Authentic Presence

21. The Shambhala Lineage

Afterword by Ösel Tendzin

G
REAT
E
ASTERN
S
UN:
T
HE
W
ISDOM OF
S
HAMBHALA

 

List of Poems
Foreword
Preface
Prologue: The Kingdom, the Cocoon, the Great Eastern Sun

PART ONE
   
Profound

Primordial Stroke

1.  A Dot in the Open Sky

2.  Working with Early Morning Depression

3.  Overcoming Physical Materialism

The Primordial Dot

4.  The Cosmic Sneeze

5.  Discipline in the Four Seasons

6.  Mirrorlike Wisdom

PART TWO
   
Brilliant

Sacred Existence: Joining Heaven and Earth

7.  Sacredness: Natural Law and Order

8.  The King of Basic Goodness

9.  How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun

PART THREE
   
Just

The Passion to Be

10. Blamelessness: How to Love Yourself

11. Attaining the Higher Realms

12. The Big No

Fearless Relaxation

13. Aloneness and the Seven Virtues of the Higher Realms

14. The King of the Four Seasons

PART FOUR
   
Powerful

The Warrior’s Cry

15. The Basic Gasp of Goodness

16. Helping Others

17. Transmission

PART FIVE
   
All-Victorious

The Warrior’s Smile

18. A Question of Heart

19. The Mukpo Clan

20. Beyond Depression

21. The Great Eastern Sun: The Dot in Space

 

Epilogue
Afterword
Sources
Author’s Notes
Closing Dedication

S
ELECTED
W
RITINGS

 

Basic Goodness

Fully Human: Introduction to the Principles of Shambhala Vision

The Shambhala World

Conquering Fear

Foreword to
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

The Martial Arts and the Art of War

Political Consciousness

A Buddhist Approach to Politics: An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa

Pragmatism and Practice: An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa

Natural Hierarchy

Conquering Comfort

The Seven Treasures of the Universal Monarch

Realizing Enlightened Society

Dedication of Merit

Glossary

Sources

Acknowledgments

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