Meditation: The Path of the Buddha
Chogyam Trungpa
Boulder, Colorado; Naropa 1974
In 1974 during the inaugural session of The Naropa Institute, Chögyam Trungpa presented this course on meditation. In addition to attending the class, students participated in meditation sessions throughout the week and attended discussion groups with his assistants. His course became the basis for the introductory meditation class that was given for many years at Naropa to incoming students.
Talk 1: Meditation Instruction
Talk 2: Shamatha
Talk 3: State of Mind
Talk 4: Vipashyana
Talk 5: The Dawn of Enlightenment
Nyinthun Talk
Summary of Talk One: Meditation Instruction
Original date of the talk: June 12, 1974
Body of talk: 32 min. No Discussion.
In this first talk, Chögyam Trungpa gives a general orientation to meditation in the Buddhist tradition and gives meditation instruction. This is essentially the same basic instruction that he gave throughout the time he was in the United States. It is also virtually identical with the meditation instruction that was the basis of Shambhala Training and is still used extensively, along with other approaches.
Summary of Talk Two: Shamatha or Abiding in Peace
Original date of the talk: June 17, 1974
Body of talk: 32 min. Overall Length: 72 min.
An in-depth look at shamatha meditation practice. Topics include the individual nature of the Buddhist journey, the meaning of peace, and the understanding of meditation as a natural act that involves simplicity, precision and directness. The questions and answers relate both to this talk and to the meditation instruction given previously.
Summary of Talk Three: State of Mind
Original date of the talk: June 24, 1974
Body of talk: 40 min. Overall Length: 72 min.
Chögyam Trungpa discusses sems, lodro, and rigpa—aspects of intelligence, or the mechanics of mind, as well as the development of ego through the five skandhas. He also talks about working with these aspects of mind in one's meditation practice.
Summary of Talk Four: Vipashyana or Insight Meditation
Original date of the talk: July 1, 1974
Body of talk: 37 min. Overall Length: 71 min.
How the practice of shamatha meditation naturally leads to the experience of vipashyana, or insight meditation. A discussion of mindfulness and awareness and how vipashyana experience leads to the experiential discovery of egolessness.
Summary of Talk Five: The Dawn of Enlightenment
Original date of the talk: July 8, 1974
Overall Length: 58 min.
All of these talks are experiential. In the last talk, Chögyam Trungpa gives the audience a taste of the desolation and power of shunyata or emptiness and how this experience leads to the dawning of buddha nature and the first glimpse of enlightenment.
Summary of Practice Day Talk
Original date of the talk: June 19, 1974
Body of talk: 10 min. No Discussion.
This is an introductory talk given by Chögyam Trungpa on the practice day, or nyinthun, during the Message of Milarepa Seminar at Karme Choling, Vermont.
Chögyam Trungpa refers to the practice day as a nyinthun. We sometimes now use nyinthuns to refer to partial days of sitting, but at this time, it generally referred to a whole day dedicated to the sitting practice of meditation, with walking meditation between sessions of practice and breaks for lunch and tea included.
Chogyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom. MsSVig
Chogyam Trungpa
Boulder, Colorado; Naropa 1974
In 1974 during the inaugural session of The Naropa Institute, Chögyam Trungpa presented this course on meditation. In addition to attending the class, students participated in meditation sessions throughout the week and attended discussion groups with his assistants. His course became the basis for the introductory meditation class that was given for many years at Naropa to incoming students.
Talk 1: Meditation Instruction
Talk 2: Shamatha
Talk 3: State of Mind
Talk 4: Vipashyana
Talk 5: The Dawn of Enlightenment
Nyinthun Talk
Summary of Talk One: Meditation Instruction
Original date of the talk: June 12, 1974
Body of talk: 32 min. No Discussion.
In this first talk, Chögyam Trungpa gives a general orientation to meditation in the Buddhist tradition and gives meditation instruction. This is essentially the same basic instruction that he gave throughout the time he was in the United States. It is also virtually identical with the meditation instruction that was the basis of Shambhala Training and is still used extensively, along with other approaches.
Summary of Talk Two: Shamatha or Abiding in Peace
Original date of the talk: June 17, 1974
Body of talk: 32 min. Overall Length: 72 min.
An in-depth look at shamatha meditation practice. Topics include the individual nature of the Buddhist journey, the meaning of peace, and the understanding of meditation as a natural act that involves simplicity, precision and directness. The questions and answers relate both to this talk and to the meditation instruction given previously.
Summary of Talk Three: State of Mind
Original date of the talk: June 24, 1974
Body of talk: 40 min. Overall Length: 72 min.
Chögyam Trungpa discusses sems, lodro, and rigpa—aspects of intelligence, or the mechanics of mind, as well as the development of ego through the five skandhas. He also talks about working with these aspects of mind in one's meditation practice.
Summary of Talk Four: Vipashyana or Insight Meditation
Original date of the talk: July 1, 1974
Body of talk: 37 min. Overall Length: 71 min.
How the practice of shamatha meditation naturally leads to the experience of vipashyana, or insight meditation. A discussion of mindfulness and awareness and how vipashyana experience leads to the experiential discovery of egolessness.
Summary of Talk Five: The Dawn of Enlightenment
Original date of the talk: July 8, 1974
Overall Length: 58 min.
All of these talks are experiential. In the last talk, Chögyam Trungpa gives the audience a taste of the desolation and power of shunyata or emptiness and how this experience leads to the dawning of buddha nature and the first glimpse of enlightenment.
Summary of Practice Day Talk
Original date of the talk: June 19, 1974
Body of talk: 10 min. No Discussion.
This is an introductory talk given by Chögyam Trungpa on the practice day, or nyinthun, during the Message of Milarepa Seminar at Karme Choling, Vermont.
Chögyam Trungpa refers to the practice day as a nyinthun. We sometimes now use nyinthuns to refer to partial days of sitting, but at this time, it generally referred to a whole day dedicated to the sitting practice of meditation, with walking meditation between sessions of practice and breaks for lunch and tea included.
Chogyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom. MsSVig