Profile: Chögyam Trungpa

Watch Diana J. Mukpo, Trungpa's widow, discuss the life, teachings, and legacy of Chögyam Trungpa, and learn how he continues to inspire and motivate individuals worldwide.

Chögyam Trungpa (1940--1987)—meditation master, scholar, teacher, artist, and poet—was a key figure in the transmission of Buddhism to the West. During his lifetime, he 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: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

For more information about Trungpa's ebooks, please visit: http://www.openroadmedia.com/authors/ch%C3%B6gyam-trungpa.aspx

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[MiriamSPia]

I feel that she is probably a reliable source of information about him seeing as she has been the man's wife.

[RickyCisco]

Chogyam was nothing but a charlatan who victimized young minds with eastern nonsense that only served his own narcissistic "divinity". Thank god he killed himself.