Vidyadhara 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.
Series
Books
The Essential Chogyam Trungpa
1999
The Teacup & the Skullcup:Chogyam Trungpa on Zen and Tantra
2007
Cynicism and Magic
Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path
2021
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa
Volume Eight: 8
2010
The Path of Individual Liberation
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One
2013
Smile at Fear
Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
2009
The Sanity We Are Born With
A Buddhist Approach to Psychology
2005
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa
Volume Seven: 7
2004
Glimpses of Mahayana
2001
Transcending Madness
The Experience of the Six Bardos
1992
Work, Sex, Money
Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness
2011
Glimpses of Space
The Feminine Principle and EVAM
1999
Shambhala
The Sacred Path of the Warrior
1984
Illusion's Game
The Life and Teaching of Naropa
1994
Glimpses of Shunyata
1993
Orderly Chaos
The Mandala Principle
1988
Mindfulness in Action
Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness
2014
Glimpses of the Profound
Four Short Works
2016
Timely Rain
Selected Poetry of Chogyam Trungpa
1998
Journey Without Goal
The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha
1981
Meditation in Action
1969
Ocean of Dharma
The Everyday Wisdom of Chogyam Trungpa
2008
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa
Volume One: 1
2004
Glimpses of Abhidharma
From a Seminar on Buddhist Psychology
1978
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa
Volume Five: 5
2004
Dharma Art
1996
True Perception
The Path of Dharma Art
2008
The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three
2013
Great Eastern Sun
The Wisdom of Shambhala
2000
Mudra
2010
Glimpses of Realization
2003
Crazy Wisdom
1996
Milarepa
Lessons from the Life and Songs of Tibet's Great Yogi
2017
The Future Is Open
Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma
2018
The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation
2009
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
1973
Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
1993
First Thought, Best Thought
108 Poems
1984
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa
Volume Two: The Path Is the Goal, Training the Mind, Glimpses of Abhidharma, Glimpses of Shunyata
2004
Born in Tibet
1971
The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa
2008
The Teacup and the Skullcup
Where Zen and Tantra Meet
2015
The Lion's Roar
An Introduction to Tantra
1992
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two
2013
Mindfulness in Action
Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness
2014
The Path Is the Goal
A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation
1995
The Mishap Lineage
Transforming Confusion into Wisdom
2009
The Collected Works, Vol. 6
2004
The Heart of the Buddha
Entering the Tibetan Buddhist Path
1991
The Rain of Wisdom
1980
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
1976
