Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan Buddhist master and writer (1939–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987) was formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso. A Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, he was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and scholars[3][4] as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a major figure in the dissemination of Buddhism in the West,[5] founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.
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![]() Chögyam Trungpa in Tibet before 1959 | |
Title | Tulku |
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Born | (1939-03-05)March 5, 1939 |
Died | April 4, 1987(1987-04-04) (aged 48) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Cause of death | Heart attack[1] |
Religion | Shambhala Training |
Nationality | Tibetan |
Partner | Konchok Peldron, Diana Judith Pybus (wife) |
Children | Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche (by Peldron), Lhawang Tagtrug (Taggie) Mukpo, Gesar Arthur Mukpo, Ashoka Mukpo, David[2] |
Teachers | Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Khenpo Gangshar |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Chökyi Nyinche |
Successor | Choseng Trungpa |
Reincarnation | Trungpa Tulku |
Students
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Website | http://www.shambhala.org/ |
As the 11th of the Trungpa tülkus, he was a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and the tradition of Shambhala, as an enlightened society that was later called Shambhala Buddhism.
Among his contributions are the translation of numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts,[6] the introduction of the Vajrayana teachings to the West, and a presentation of Buddhism largely devoid of traditional trappings. Trungpa coined the term crazy wisdom.[7] Some of his teaching methods and actions, particularly his heavy drinking, sexual promiscuity, and the physical assault of a student and his girlfriend, caused controversy during his lifetime and afterward.[8][9]