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Cutting through spiritual materialism by chogyam trungpa. Jul 26, 2012 chogyam trungpa at once called one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the 20th century, and the bad boy of buddhism, taught buddhism as if it was a matter of life and death. The sacred path of the warrior, provides a concise collection of the shambhala views. Organized by theme, the collection includes fulllength books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems, plays, and interviews, many of which have never. Crazy wisdom dharma ocean and millions of other books are available for. Journalist adam perry speaks to johanna demetrakas, director of crazy wisdom. Chogyam trungpa books, cds, dvds by one of the founder of shambhala and one of the fathers of western buddhism. Crazy wisdom dharma ocean by chogyam trungpa paperback. This book stemmed from a series of lectures given by chogyam trungpa during two weeklong crazy wisdom seminars in december 1972. Jan 21, 2020 the chogyam trungpa documentary, crazy wisdom. The kagyu, or mahamudra tradition, is the devotion lineage. This fascinating book examines the life of padmasambhavathe revered. Previously published as a lightly edited sourcebook, devotion and crazy wisdom has many new features. Not meditation, not actionbut meditation and action.
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