Illusion's Game The Life and Teaching of Naropa

Name: Illusion's Game The Life and Teaching of Naropa
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ISBN: 9780877738572

ISBN-10: 0877738572

ISBN-13: 9780877738572

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Authors: Chogyam Trungpa, Chï¿½gyam Trungpa, Chï¿½gyam Trungpa

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In what he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Chouml;gyam Trungpa reveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning" process that draws us away from the comfort of conventional expectations and conceptual attitudes toward a naked encounter with reality. The tantric paradigm for this process is the story of the Indian master Naropa (10161100), who is among the enlightened teachers of the Kagyu lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism. Naropa was the leading scholar at Nalanda, the Buddhist monastic university, when he embarked upon the lonely and arduous path to enlightenment. After a series of daunting trials, he was prepared to receive the direct transmission of the awakened state…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/28/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Editor's Foreword



"Life of Naropa" Seminar I: New York, 1972



Naropa and Us



Genuine Madness and Pop Art



An Operation without Anesthetics



Something Very Tickling



"Life of Naropa" Seminar II: Karme-Choling, 1973



Pain and Hopelessness



Giving Birth to Intellect



Choiceless Awareness



Beyond Shunyata



Mahamudra



The Levels of Mahamudra


Notes


Glossary


Transliteration of Tibetan Terms


About the Author


Meditation Center Information


Index