Chögyam Trungpa - Chronology

Chögyam Trungpa (1940 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. Born in Tibet, Chögyam Trungpa was the eleventh in a line of Trungpa tülkus, important figures in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1959, after having already achieved wide renown for his teachings in his native country, he fled the Chinese invasion and crossed the Himalaya on foot into India. After familiarizing himself with the English language he studied Comparative Religion at Oxford and then came to t ...

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1940: Born in Kham, Eastern Tibet. Enthroned as eleventh Trungpa Tulku, Supreme Abbot of Surmang Monasteries, and Governor of Surmang District. Some put is birth in 1939, including his bio at http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/vctr/ctrbio.html 1944-59: Studies traditional monastic disciplines, meditation, and philosophy, as well as calligraphy, thangka painting, and monastic dance. 1947: Ordained as a shramanera (novice monk). 1958: Receives degrees of Kyorpön (Doctor of Divinity) and Khenpo (Master ...

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Born in Tibet 1966 Meditation in Action 1969 Mudra 1972 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism 1973 The Dawn of Tantra, by Herbert V. Guenther and Chögyam Trungpa 1975 Glimpses of Abhidharma 1975 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo, translated with commentary by Francesca Fremantle and Chögyam Trungpa 1975 The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation 1976 The Rain of Wisdom 1980 Journey without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha ...

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Chögyam Trungpa, Chögyam Trungpa - Chronology, Chögyam Trungpa - List of published works

Read more here: » Chögyam Trungpa: Encyclopedia II - Chögyam Trungpa - List of published works