Chögyam Trungpa saved my life and I never even met him. He made look in the mirror and see basic goodness. Forever grateful. In tears

My favorite Trungpa story was about saki.  Japanese executives for a saki corporation wanted to increase exports, so they actually flew to a wine shop in Boulder to see how the operator sold so much product.  The owner said that he didn't sell to many people, but one customer (Trungpa) bought alot.  Lol!

Buddhism is for those who have the courage to see life as it is….

May All Beings be Happy and Free. Of Pain.

NewCultureofPeace&Love….Now!🙏

I must admit this I come from the shambhala lineage and I never heard this story but his reputation doesn't exceed him. To just hear this now 03/28/2021 is amazing. This is my tibetan buddhist name "Chumpa Chogong". Fabulous legend !!!

Thank you so much Rinpoche - On mani padme hum

I really like tsem rinpoche's style, idk, this is just my conception but he seems very frank

Once Trungpa invited many great Beat poets to Boulder. Snyder, Waldeman, Ginsberg, and others. They gave a presentation about poetry, its purpose, and a class they wanted to start when Naropa U got off the ground. Trungpa wandered in, coming down the aisle past me a bit late, as usual, took his seat on the dias and set down a tall glass full of clear liquid which he said was Vodka. Throughout the presentation, he kept drinking and drinking from a glass that never emptied if you looked, and gave the appearance of being very drunk, to the point that he took the huge Tibetan ringing bowl used to announce the beginning, put it upside down over his head and began beating it!  The whole audience of UC students and professors was absolutely still in shock! I was sitting in the back. As a child of three divorces and a lot of alchoholism, I was in such fear and turmoil, I could hardly watch. I had a sneaking suspicion, tho. In the midst of my fear, the thot that it was only water suddenly rushed in, but I couldn't bear to watch the show and had to leave. That was how I learned about the depth of fear I had in my childhood, which I had not realized before. No violence, but just things I couldn't understand and yelling that frightened me so much. I believe Trungpa was drinking water! and I believe the thot that it was only water was from him to re-assure me. The rest was my projection from fear on the present situation. That was a really important understanding for me. I still have to be careful about unfounded projections coming from the past. Remember, you don't have to believe what you think! I reallly wanted to go up to the stage and take a drink from his glass to find out, but I didn't have the guts. I was naughty, but also very shy in those days!

I was VCTRs student and knew John Perks, the author of the book. There are aspects of Johns book that resonate with my experience of our teacher.

Thank you ........... Appreciated and now I understand my late Ama who was so correct. Kadinchey la

I have listened to this multiple times and a few of the Stories provoked tears.  Just recalling them now is doing it again.  How could I love a man I never met?  Such are the mysteries of this profound lineage he left to us.. 🙏🥲

What an extraordinary talk!!!! Thank you sooooo much for uploading this video!

❤ 🙏🙏🙏 thanks rimpoche..your talk on the Emperor Mukpo Rimpoche is enlightening and I will will buy one to read. Thanks once again Rimpoche…

Really a beautiful talk....thank you Rinpoche

Tsem Rinpoche had such a devotion for several Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya Masters. Not only Gelugpa. He was really a not sectarian Lama.

The falling down the stairs situation was with John Fabbro and not exactly how you told it.  After the fall (it's not at a clear that your threw himself down) he spend a lot of time with John Fabbro giving him special attention which was frankly wonderful.  But even then there was no claim that Rinpoche did this on purpose although that was one possibility.  It was something that happened, and for that you should read Lady Diana's book (his wife) which has a section on that situation.  The house Kasung at Kalapa Court (often myself) would walk behind Rinpoche to make sure that this didn't happen again.  One time with me he pretended to fall a little and I stopped it, and he said "just testing" in his high voice.  One thing that is always true is that I felt that he was open to who I was and I shared with him both my good and low moments (knowing what I should and utter confusion) because on that level I felt no fear.  Just remember what the Buddha and the Vidyadhara said: "you are responsible for yourself".  There's nobody to catch you which is one of the lessons.  There seem to be a lot of people who seemed to have thought that he could live their life for them.  Rinpoche said that the path is the teachings meeting real life.  He was not responsible for every student - we made our choice and had to face the consequences, not always great. Drive all blames into oneself (or "one" in another translation).

🙏much love

There is upward self transcendance and downward self transcendance. In the end Trungpa chose the downward path. Very sad to have misled so many

Inspiring buddhism teaching like master Zhi Gong from China

Beautiful beautiful

The background thangka is so beautiful