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050	0	0	_aBQ4302 _b.T78 1987
082	0	0	_a294.3444 TRU
100	1		_aTrungpa, Chogyam _d, 1939-1987
245	1	0	_aCutting through spiritual materialism _c/ by Chögyam Trungpa ; edited by John Baker and Marvin Casper ; illustrated by Glen Eddy
260			_aBoston _b: Shambhala _a ; [New York] _b: distributed in the U.S. by Random House _c, 1987, c1973.
300			_a250 p. _b: ill. _c; 23 cm.
490	0		_aShambhala dragon editions
500			_aTwo lecture series given in Boulder, Colo., 1970-71.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aSpiritual life _x-Buddhism
700	1		_aBaker, John
700	1		_aCasper, Marvin
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999			_c222008 _d222008