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Cutting through spiritual materialism / by Chögyam Trungpa ; edited by John Baker and Marvin Casper ; illustrated by Glen Eddy

By:

Trungpa, Chogyam, , 1939-1987

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Shambhala dragon editionsPublication details: Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : distributed in the U.S. by Random House , 1987, c1973.Description: 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780877730507

Subject(s):

Spiritual life -- -Buddhism

DDC classification:

294.3444 TRU

LOC classification:

BQ4302 .T78 1987

Summary: In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chouml;gyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he callsspiritual materialism.The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement-the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality." His incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves, and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and joyous liberation that inevitably involves letting go of the self rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has resonated with students for nearly thirty years, and remains fresh as ever today. This new edition includes a foreword by Chouml;gyam Trungpa's son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	294.3444 TRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000335

Two lecture series given in Boulder, Colo., 1970-71.

Includes index.

In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chouml;gyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he callsspiritual materialism.The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement-the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality." His incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves, and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and joyous liberation that inevitably involves letting go of the self rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has resonated with students for nearly thirty years, and remains fresh as ever today. This new edition includes a foreword by Chouml;gyam Trungpa's son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.

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