Henry Schaeffer: I saw Rinpoche and Roshi together on four different occasions. The first time was when he gave the talk at Zen Center in May 1971, in the dining room, not the Buddha Hall. The second time was when he blessed Taggie (Tagtrug Mukpo). The third time was when we went there for lunch.…
Tom Pinson is a long-time student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a dedicated member of the Dorje Kasung, currently living in Montreal. Here is his story of playing the Qualities Game with Rinpoche at the 1984 Seminary. My stories of the Vidyadhara are pretty uneventful. As a kasung, as personal guard, I got to be…
Questions About Other Aspects of Death Grief and Loss The person I love most in the world has just died. What is the best thing I can do for him? We always want the best for the people we love. We want to give them everything they ever wished for and we are often…
The Bardo Instructions Traditionally, Tibetans rely on the bardo instructions that appear in Karma Lingpa’s Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo, the Bardo Tödrol Chenmo. The instructions you will find in the following pages are a simplified version of that text. Although Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo was originally written for Buddhists,…
Aspiration Practice Friend, hope for the Guest while you are alive. Jump into experience while you are alive! Think… and think… while you are alive. What you call “salvation” belongs to the time before death. If you don’t break your ropes while you are alive, do you think ghosts will do it after? The idea…
Human beings have also developed systems for making sure that society runs smoothly: the police maintain public order, traffic lights control the flow of road traffic, and governments administer social welfare and defense systems. Yet, even though we human beings have put lifetimes of effort into organizing, designing and structuring every aspect of our world,…
Wisdom’s Bestowal A way to accumulate the recitation of the tantra Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī, Mañjuśrī Nāma Saṃgīti Composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Namo Guru Jñānakāyāya Four instructions can be followed to accumulate recitations of the tantra Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī, Mañjuśrī Nāma Saṃgīti. I. Recitation as a Praise to Mañjuśrī’s Formidable Qualities…
Craig Morman February 2019 I was participant in Shambhala from 1995 until around 2015. I served in a variety of roles throughout the years. I was the Rusung of Shambhala Mountain Center, a Sergeant in the Dorje Kasung, a meditation instructor, and the Director of Casa Werma in Mexico. I also served as a Kusung…
An Open Letter to the Shambhala Community from Long-Serving Kusung To the Shambhala community: This letter is in regards to Mipham J. Mukpo, also known as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. For the purposes of this letter, we will refer to him as Mr. Mukpo. In light of the recently concluded investigations and subsequent communications from the…
