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Orderly Chaos: The Mandala Principle
According
to the mandala principle, a prominent feature of tantric Buddhism, all
phenomena are part of one reality. Whether good or bad, happy or sad, clear or
obscure, everything is interrelated and reflects a single totality. As
Chögyam Trungpa explains in this work, from the perspective of the mandala
principle, existence is orderly chaos. There is chaos and confusion b
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Published
March 15th 2011
by Shambhala Publications, Inc.
(first published 1991)
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This title immediately caught my eye as I browsed the shelves at The Shambala Center during my first visit there a week or so ago. Chaos theory has always intrigued me as an eosteric concept and the thought that chaos is actually orderly, despite our vantage point, is doubly intriguing. As I learned, Chogyam Trungpa (CT) was also a big part of bringing Shambala meditation and training to the U.S. so encountering this book seemed "meant to be". Only having a casual background in these topics, the...more
Trungpa's documented seminars always get my thumbs up as I enjoy the structure of the short talk and student questions.
Here, he quite comprehensively, imo, introduces the mandala principle in it's various (conceptual) conditioned, unconditioned, and energetic and experiential forms. As some of the student questions point out, he does not go into the relation of the manadala principle to more detailed teachings on levels of consciousness etc. Some may see this as the book lacking depth of some s...more
Here, he quite comprehensively, imo, introduces the mandala principle in it's various (conceptual) conditioned, unconditioned, and energetic and experiential forms. As some of the student questions point out, he does not go into the relation of the manadala principle to more detailed teachings on levels of consciousness etc. Some may see this as the book lacking depth of some s...more
This is a fantastic but deep book by Chogyam Trungpa, a master of the kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The dharma series of books are taken from seminars given by Trungpa, and what I like most about these are that you get Trungpa's explanation of the concepts behind a chapter, then you get Q&A with audience and then of course your own interpretation. It is a great way to triangulate on complex but beautiful ideas.
I learned a great deal from reading and rereading this profound book. I have never encountered a more insightful treatment of 'mandala'.
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Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཆོས་ རྒྱམ་ དྲུང་པ་ Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, and artist. He was the 11th descendent in the line of Trungpa tulkus of the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also trained in the Nyingma tradition, the oldest of the four schools, and was an adherent of the rimay or "non-sectarian" movement...more
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