Great Eastern Sun : The Wisdom of Shambhala,9781570628184

Great Eastern Sun : The Wisdom of Shambhala

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ISBN13: 9781570628184
ISBN10: 1570628181
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2001-07-01
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary

InShambhala: The Sacred Path of the WarriorChouml;gyam Trungpa offers an inspiring and practical guide to enlightened living based on the Shambhala journey of warriorship, a secular path taught internationally through the Shambhala Training program.Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhalais a continuation of that path.Shambhalawas an exploration of human goodness and its potential to create an enlightened society-a state that the author calls "nowness." And in that spirit of nowness,Great Eastern Sun-which is accessible to meditators and nonmeditators alike-centers on the question, "Since we're here, how are we going to live from now on?"

Author Biography

Master of meditation, social visionary, author, artist, poet—Ch÷gyam Trungpa (1939–1987) founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and Vajradhatu, an international association of meditation centers (now known under the name Shambhala International).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
xi
List of Poems
xiii
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Prologue The Kingdom, the Cocoon, the Great Eastern Sun 1(16)
PART ONE PROFOUND
Primordial Stroke
A Dot in the Open Sky
17(9)
Working with Early Morning Depression
26(11)
Overcoming Physical Materialism
37(16)
The Primordial Dot
The Cosmic Sneeze
53(8)
Discipline in the Four Seasons
61(9)
Mirrorlike Wisdom
70(13)
PART TWO BRILLIANT
Sacred Existence Joining Heaven and Earth
Sacredness: Natural Law and Order
83(9)
The King of Basic Goodness
92(12)
How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun
104(13)
PART THREE JUST
The Passion to Be
Blamelessness: How to Love Yourself
117(9)
Attaining the Higher Realms
126(10)
The Big No
136(12)
Fearless Relaxation
Aloneness and the Seven Virtues of the Higher Realms
148(13)
The King of the Four Seasons
161(10)
PART FOUR POWERFUL
The Warrior's Cry
The Basic Gasp of Goodness
171(3)
Helping Others
174(11)
Transmission
185(6)
PART FIVE ALL-VICTORIOUS
The Warrior's Smile
A Question of Heart
191(4)
The Mukpo Clan
195(8)
Beyond Depression
203(5)
The Great Eastern Sun: The Dot in Space
208(3)
Epilogue 211(4)
Afterword 215(18)
Glossary 233(8)
Sources 241(4)
Author's Notes 245(4)
Resources 249(2)
Books 251(2)
Chogyam Trungpa
Index 253

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