CH GYAM 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.
"This elucidating compilation is a unique milestone in the annals
of philosophical and phenomenological thinking, as well as Buddhist
practice. Scholarly and poetic, The Teacup and the Skullcup takes
on the provocative nuances of Zen and tantra as 'consociational'
allies in a new Western matrix. The compilation of discourse shows
the inimitable brilliance of one of the twentieth century's
greatest meditation teachers whose 'Socratic rap' and generosity to
students is unsurpassed. East also meets East here, one could say,
with wit, aesthetic grace, profound and subtle insight. I am so
grateful."—Anne Waldman
"For years Chögyam Trungpa dazzled us with his diamond wisdom at
various venues from coast to coast. We delighted in his insights
into the arts of Zen and its relationship to the tantric teachings.
A whole generation of Buddhist was thus nourished. Now, The Teacup
and the Skullcup skillfully makes available the heart of this
extraordinary master to a new generation of practitioners. It
should be on the bookshelf of every serious student of
Buddhism."—John Daido Loori
"Trungpa Rinpoche's astonishing take on Zen and tantra reads like a
speech delivered from another planet. What we have in The Teacup
and the Skullcup is less a work of explanation and exposition than
a bravura performance—a wild, weird demonstration of intellectual
daring and outrageously dead-on spiritual vision."—Norman
Fischer
"The Teacup and the Skullcup is a jewel box of illumined insights,
alert humor, and serious genius. Every creative artist and creative
meditator should have these pages to go through."—Michael McClure
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