Cutting Through piritual Materialism

Cutting Through

piritual Materialism

Chogyam Trungpa

Foreword by Sakyong Mipham Edited by John Baker and Marvin Casper Illustrated by Glen Eddy

SHAMBHALA

Boston & London

2002

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? I973 by Chogyam Trungpa Illustrations ? I973 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Foreword ? 2002 by Sakyong Miphan

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Trungpa, Chogyam, I939Cutting through spiritual materialism.

Two lecture series given in Boulder, Colo. I970-71. Includes index. r. Spiritual life (Buddhism) I. Baker, John. II. Casper, Marvin. III. Tide. BQ4302.I78 I987 294-3' 444 87-4619 ISBN o-87773-oso-4 ISBN I-57062-957-9

To Chokyi-lodro the Marpa Father of the Kagyii lineage

Contents

Foreword

Xl

Introduction

3

Spiritual Materialism

I3

Surrendering

23

The Guru

3I

Initiation

53

Self-Deception

63

The HardWay

77

The Open Way

9I

Sense of Humor

III

The Development of Ego

I2I

The Six Realms

138

The Four Noble Truths

I5I

The Bodhisattva Path

167

Shunyata

187

Prajna and Compassion

207

Tantra

2I7

Index

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