The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 4 (70 page)

Awareness

action and

definitions

inner mandala and

intelligent (Tib.
trenpa
)

Ayatanas.
See
Six sense perceptions

Baptism, and
abhisheka

Bar mitzvah

Bardo

Basic sanity, vajra nature as

Being and manifesting

Benefiting beings

Bercholz, Samuel

Berkeley, CA

Berliner, Helen

Bewilderment

See also
Ignorance, basic

Bhagavad Gita

Bindu
(Tib.
thig-le
)

Blind grandmother

Blouin, Barbara

Bluntness, crazy wisdom and

Bodhichitta

Bodhisattva

definition

differentiated from a yogi

qualities of

Bodhisattva path

Bodhisattva vow

Body

empowerment and

in mahamudra

sacredness of

tantric understanding of

vajra mandala of

Body, speech, and mind, principles of

Boredom

Born in Tibet

Boulder, CO

Buddha
(buddha family)

Buddha activity

Buddha-family principles.
See
Five buddha families

Buddha nature (
tathagatagarbha
)

in anuttarayoga

in a blade of grass

in kriyayoga

luminosity and

seeing through ego

tantric understanding of

trust in

Buddha Shakyamuni

“Awakened One,” meaning of

on the body

compassion of

example of

four noble truths

shravakayana understanding of

tantric transmission of

twelve teaching styles of

Buddhism

compared with Christian tradition

divisions in

dogma in

Indian philosophical schools

lineage and tradition in

nontheism of

noumenal and phenomenal in

pride in

ruthlessness of

stages of the path

tradition of “the way”

Western introduction of

See also
Tibetan Buddhism

Buddhist art and Yogachara

Castaneda, Carlos

Chakrasamvara

Chandali
(“ever-present energy”)

Chaos, orderly

Charyatantra

Chemchok

Children, working with

China

Chittamatra
(mind only)

Chö

Choicelessness

Christ

Christian tradition

Chutzpa

Clarity

Clear light

Coemergent wisdom

Coleman, Sarah

Commitment

See also
Samaya

Communication

mantra as

with reality

in the second empowerment

Compassion

Confirmation, Christian ritual of

Conflict on the spiritual path

Confusion

acknowledging

potential of

as starting point

Consciousness

“freezing”

skandha of

Continuity

Conze, Edward

Cosmic ape, gorilla

Cosmic message

Crazy, definitions of

Crazy Horse (American Indian warrior)

Crazy wisdom

Critical intelligence

“Crying to the Gurus from Afar” (supplication)

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Cynicism

Dakini (Tib.
khandroma
)

Dalai Lama XIV (Tenzin Gyatso), His Holiness

The Dawn of Tantra
(with Guenther)*

Death

Deities in tantric practice

Devotion

development of

to guru

ideal

Dharma

definition

embodiment of

transmission of

Dharma Art (teachings)

Dharma medicine

Dharma Ocean Series

Dharmadhatu

Dharmakaya

Dharmata

Diamond Vehicle.
See
Vajrayana

Discipline (Skt.
shila
, Tib.
tsültrim
)

hopelessness and

paramita of

See also
Samaya shila

Discriminating knowledge (
prajna
)

Divinity

Dogma

Don Juan (Yaqui shaman)

Doubt

Drug culture

Duality

Duhkha, duhkha satya. See
Suffering

Ear-whispered lineage

See also
Tantra

Eckhart, Meister

Ego

bewilderment and

boredom and

danger to

fixation

importance of in Buddhism

magic and

maintenance of

nonexistence of

projections and

self-consciousness of

split between transcendental and empirical

suffering and

in vajrayana

Yogachara view of

See also
Rudra

Egoless insight (Tib.
lhakthong dagme tokpe sherab
)

Egolessness

discovering

views of

in visualization practice

See also
Nonexistence

Eido Roshi

Elegance, basic

Embarrassment, basic ignorance and

Emotions

as distortion of jnana

energy and

five wisdoms and

in kriyayoga

pure and impure

relating with

samsaric

in the secret mandala

self-liberation of

three basic complexes

in upayoga

Empowerment (Tib.
wangkur
).
See
Abhisheka

Energy

centralizing

conventional understanding of

self-existing

in tantric language

types of

working with

Enlightenment

attainment in one lifetime

hopelessness and

mahayana and vajrayana views of

number of people who attain

styles of

tantric understanding of

Error (Skt.
bhranti
, Tib.
’khrul pa
)

Eternalism

Ethics and energy

EVAM

Evans-Wentz, W. Y.

Exchange of self for others

Existence

Existentialism

Experience

“echo” of

importance of

openness and

three levels of

Faith