Chogyam Trungpa

Carolyn Rose Gimian

A classic of twentieth-century spiritual literature by a Tibetan meditation master looks at the concept of the ideal sacred warrior and the warrior's path in search of practical wisdom that can be used in everyday life. Reprint.

The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Shambhala

Chögyam Trungpa

Explains the wisdom of lovingkindness and nonaggression, how meditation can help readers uncover their inherent confidence and bravery, how fear and embarrassment keep people trapped in cycles of suffering, and how true invincibility depends on becoming more open and vulnerable.

Awakening the True Heart of Bravery

Smile at Fear

Pema Chodron

A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Discovering Your Radiant Self-Confidence

Chögyam Trungpa wrote more than two dozen books on Buddhism and the Shambhala path of warriorship. The Essential Chögyam Trungpa blends excerpts from bestsellers like Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Meditation in Action, and other titles into a concise overview of Trungpa's teachings. Forty selections from fourteen different books articulate the secular path of the Shambhala warrior as well as the Buddhist path of meditation and awakening. This "new classic" vividly demonstrates Trungpa's great appreciation of Western culture which, combined with his deep understanding of the Tibetan tradition, makes these teachings uniquely accessible to contemporary readers. It will appeal to beginning students of meditation as well as seasoned readers of Eastern religion.

The Essential Chogyam Trungpa

Diana J. Mukpo

"It was not always easy to be the guru’s wife," writes Diana Mukpo. "But I must say, it was rarely boring." At the age of sixteen, Diana Mukpo left school and broke with her upper-class English family to marry Chögyam Trungpa, a young Tibetan lama who would go on to become a major figure in the transmission of Buddhism to the West. In a memoir that is at turns magical, troubling, humorous, and totally out of the ordinary, Diana takes us into her intimate life with one of the most influential and dynamic Buddhist teachers of our time. Diana led an extraordinary and unusual life as the "first lady" of a burgeoning Buddhist community in the American 1970s and '80s. She gave birth to four sons, three of whom were recognized as reincarnations of high Tibetan lamas. It is not a simple matter to be a modern Western woman married to a Tibetan Buddhist master, let alone to a public figure who is sought out and adored by thousands of eager students. Surprising events and colorful people fill the narrative as Diana seeks to understand the dynamic, puzzling, and larger-than-life man she married—and to find a place for herself in his unusual world. Rich in ambiguity, Dragon Thunder is the story of an uncommon marriage and also a stirring evocation of the poignancy of life and of relationships—from a woman who has lived boldly and with originality.

Carolyn Rose Gimian

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