The short biography of Chogyam Trungpa

The short biography of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a unique and controversial master endowed with crazy wisdom, creator of the Shambala Training and the Path of Spiritual Warrior.
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[@babbarr77]

I was The Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche´s student from 1972 onward. This video is pretty good; factual with minimal errors and distortion, a simple basic picture. A good snapshot of an incredible being. Thank you

[@user-xb4pu4gr3q]

I read somewhere that Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's tale of escaping Tibet was fact-checked by analyzing his story and lining it up with actual mountain passes out of Tibet towards India and it is very likely real, making his especially harrowing tale of escape rival many dangerous Antarctic expeditions by Europeans in the 1800s where survival chances were slim. In those thin air altitudes with hundreds of miles of nothing but rocks and snow and ice, the few Tibetans who survived the journey were forced to eat the leather soles of their boots and end up starving anyway. He is definitely a hero for getting out despite the odds of being pursued by a Chinese army and then flinging open the doors to Tibetan Buddhism for the world once he was in a free land again.

[@alexdavidson7785]

ooga booga !

[@JustForfun-ok4ed]

Yes, how could Buddhism flourish without the hero. He was born for this. His purpose was to spread Buddhism for the benefit of all.

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[@anderszion9389]

@Amos Mitchell instablaster ;)

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[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Just read his nice book: "The sacred path of the warrior" In fact one of the m o s t interesting books I e v e r been reading (and it were a lot ) !!

[@aidanharrison3888]

Also Sherab Palden Beru . Having spent a little time with Uncle Sherab . I can say beyond any doubt that he was far far more than a brilliant artist . It is my privilege to have felt his kindness , his presence .

[@mastersofbuddhism]

Interesting... Ok, I will add this to my "to do" list.

[@aidanharrison3888]

@@mastersofbuddhism Thank you . Whatever you do please just keep these videos coming . I love em

[@djsteel56]

Absolutely, Uncle Sherab was also a wonderful master of Tibetan dance as well as one of the best Thangka artists that came to the west. He was also really one of the co-founders of Samye Ling alongside Trungpa, Akong Rinpoche and later Lama Yeshe.

[@DrMARDOC]

By their deeds shall you know them. Never abandon wisdom or discernment. Let the magnitude and depth of compassion be your guide to testing the so-called “ master”. Yes, constantly test those who would test you!

[@BhutaneseVista-fz3lf]

Thank you !!

[@alexdavidson7785]

! I own all his material, this is great! 🌈

[@alexdavidson7785]

@Lyman Griepentrog no I Don't Care

[@JustForfun-ok4ed]

I wish someone make a Hollywood movie or documentary on Him, The Greatest being on this Earth, master Trungpa Rinpoche. Just by hearing His name, my eyes fill with tears. His life is an inspiration in itself. The life of a refugee, high incarnated being, escaping the tentacles of Red communist China, struggling to adjust in a foreign society, spreading opening door of Buddhism for the west, intoxicating hippies with Dharma, crazy wisdom, his legacy, all these will make a great movie. His life is full of ingredients, there's laughs, tears, wisdom, compassion, strange, secret, openness and so on....

[@djentleman5562]

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[@chokysenge]

My honest opinion is that a life so unconventional and free of standarised ideas cannot fit into Hollywood's narrowed view of the world... it would come out trimmed out, artificially flavored to suit conventional thinking mind. Maybe some other route.

[@abw48]

He also taught... No Gurus...

[@aidanharrison3888]

Could you make video about Akong Rinpoche ? For many years whilst Trungpa Rinpoche was a Dharma flag , Akong was the flag pole .

[@mastersofbuddhism]

I could. Although his death remains a mystery to me. I don't really know how to understand it. If you have some more clarity about it, let me know...

[@aidanharrison3888]

@@mastersofbuddhism As we all know , weird politics happen . I don't know if anyone will ever get to the bottom of his murder . All I know is I have lost a man who burst out laughing every time he saw me . Hope that means i'm doing something right . Ha Ha

[@djsteel56]

@@mastersofbuddhism I was a lay practitioner and volunteer worker living at Samye Ling and had the great privilege of receiving teachings and empowerments from Akong Rinpoche. I was there when he was killed in China in 2013. He was murdered by a mentally ill monk, it was nothing to do with politics.

[@mastersofbuddhism]

@@djsteel56 Oh, wow... Could you tell me about this with some more details. I would like to put the essence of it in the final biography. Please write [e-mail]

[@davidbelanger2717]

Thank you for your videos. What is the name of the song please?

[@terryb3388]

"Float" ...

[@mathiastownsend5980]

Hello! Can you tell me the (website of) origin of the background image? I'd like to have it printed...

[@gyadre]

Geshe Wangyal was there in New Jersey as early as 1956 and began teaching though not in a fornal way.

[@abw48]

This information forgot to mention that the first Dharma Centre was in Berwick Scotland as Trungpa said it reminded him of Tibet, the landscape etc. This place is now known as a place for females to ordain into Tibetan Buddhism as Nuns. From there he went to New England but I thought the woman he married was Scottish and not English. I was handed the book, The Myth of Freedom by an old friend who told me that everything I believed was in this book... and he was 100% correct... that was in New York City in 1983.. I still have that book.

[@mastersofbuddhism]

This is very interesting. I did not know that. Thank you very much!

[@djsteel56]

@@mastersofbuddhism In the interests of historical accuracy the above account needs a few corrections. Trungpa and Akong Rinpoche together established the first Tibetan Buddhist Dharma centre at the former Theravadan Centre at Johnson House, Eskdalemuir, Scotland this, in turn, was consecrated as Samye Ling Monastery the first Tibetan Buddhist Monastery founded in the West in 1967. Samye Ling has always had Nuns as well as Monks as part of the Sangha at Samye Ling. Trungpa's first wife was Tibetan and his second wife English, Diana Mukpo. Trungpa was only at Samye Ling for two years before his path took him to the USA and Akong Rinpoche continued with the work of establishing Samye Ling as a monastery.

[@rnb250]

The Myth of Freedom changed my life

[@abw48]

@@djsteel56 : I always thought his second wife was Scottish, however perhaps I just assumed that as they met in Scotland... Thanks for that. I knew a young Chinese girl from Penang Malaysia that went there, Scotland, to ordain as a Nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition many years ago, and she was such a beautiful young lady and I lived in Penang at that time and I used to visit the small wonderful restaurant that the Tibetan Community had, which sadly is no more. I guess the landscape of Scotland made him feel at home as its not unlike Tibet in parts.

[@abw48]

@@helloalanframe :I was under the impression it was Trungpa that founded the Monastery in Dumfries, is that not around Berwick?

[@tenzindasal7939]

སྐྱབས་སུ་མཆི་

[@muttlee9195]

But half a story 🙏