Chögyam Trungpa

Meditation master Chögyam Trungpa applies the foundational teachings of Buddhism to mental health
More and more mental health professionals are discovering the rich tradition of Buddhist psychology and integrating its insights into their work with clients. Buddhist tradition teaches that all of us are born with what Chögyam Trungpa terms "basic sanity," or inherent goodness, health, and clear perception. Helping ourselves...

Featuring a new foreword by Pema Chödrön, this Tibetan Buddhist classic explores the meaning of freedom and how we can attain it through meditation

Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions, is the freedom to pursue these goals true freedom—or...

"A collection of Chogyam Trungpa's early teachings in North America--on buddha nature, emptiness, the feminine principle, and the three bodies of enlightenment. At the beginning of a North American teaching career that would span seventeen years, the meditation master Chogyam Trungpa conducted five pivotal seminars covering various dharmic topics. The transcripts from these seminars are collected here so that readers can experience them right at home....

"These teachings and practices, recorded live during a three-day retreat, are based on teachings Pema received from her teacher Chögyam Trungpa. Behind any of the fears that stop us in our tracks lies the most basic fear of all: fear of ourselves and of our encounter with the present moment. Experience Pema's transformative teaching on finding the bravery that lives in you just below the surface of that primal fear." --