Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos
The Experience of the Six Bardos
$55.99
- Paperback
356 pages
- Release Date
15 December 1992
Summary
The Tibetan word bardo is usually associated with life after death. Here, Chögyan Trungpa discusses bardo in a very different sense: as the peak experience of any given moment. Our experience of the present moment is always colored by one of the six psychological states: the god realm (bliss), the jealous god realm (jealousy and lust for entertainment), the human realm (passion and desire), the animal realm (ignorance), the hungry ghost realm (poverty and possessiveness), and the hell realm (…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780877736370 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0877736375 |
| Author: | Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1992 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 141mm x 213mm |
| Series: | Dharma Ocean Series |
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Critics Review
“The extended discussions are extremely illuminating … This is a deeply psychological book, in the sense that Trungpa Rinpoche exhorts us to come to grips with the psychology of our own minds in the most fundamental way.”– Ordinary Mind
About The Author
Chogyam Trungpa
Francesca Fremantle received her doctorate from the School of Asian and African Studies at London University. She is a scholar and translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan works and was a student of Chogyam Trungpa for many years.
Master of meditation, social visionary, author, artist, poet–Chogyam Trungpa (1939-1987) founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and Vajradhatu, an international association of meditation centers (now known under the name Shambhala International).
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