Great Eastern Sun

292 Pages·2000·14.043 MB·English

by  Carolyn Rose Gimian

SHAMBHALA DRAGON EDITIONS
Great Eastern
Sun
WISDOM
THE OF
SHAMBHALA
Chogyam Trungpa
Edited by Carolyn Rose Gi111ian

Great Eastern Sun
The Wisdom of Shambhala
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA
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Dorje Dradul of Mukpo
Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trungpa, Chogyam, 1939-
Great eastern sun/Chiigyam Trungpa (Dorje Dradul ofMukpo);
ed. by Carolyn Rose Gimian.
p. em.
ISBN 1-57062-293-0 (cloth)
1. Spiritual life-Buddhism. I. Gimian, Carolyn Rose.
II. Title.
BQ4302.T7824 1999 99-32291
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To CEsAR oF LING
Armor ornamented with gold designs,
Great horse adorned with sandalwood saddle:
These I offer you, great Warrior General
Subjugate now the barbarian insurgents.
Your dignity, 0 Warrior,
Is like lightning in rain clouds.
l'our smile, 0 Warrior,
Is like the full moon.
Your unconquerable power
Is like a tiger springing.
Surrounded by troops,
You are a wild yak.
Becoming your enemy
Is being caught by a crocodile:
0 Warrior, protect me,
The ancestral heir.

Contents
Illustrations ·xi
List of Poems xiii
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Prologue The Kingdom, the Cocoon, the Great Eastern Sun 1
PART ONE PROFOUND
PRIMORDIAL STROKE
1 A Dot in the Open Sky 17
2 Working with Early Morning Depression 26
3 Overcoming Physical Materialism 37
THE PRIMORDIAL DoT
4 The Cosmic;: Sneeze 53
5 Discipline in the Four Seasons 61
6 Mirrorlike Wisdom 70
PART TWO BRILLIANT
SACRED EXISTENCE JOINING HEAVEN AND EARTH
7 Sacredness: Natural Law and Order 83
8 The King of Basic Goodness 92
9 How to Cultivate the Great Eastern Sun 104
PART THREE JUST
THE PASSION TO BE
10 Blamelessness: How to Love Yourself 117
11 Attaining the Higher Realms 126
12 The Big No 136
FEARLESS RELAXATION
13 Aloneness and the Seven Virtues of the Higher Realms 148
14 The King of the Four Seasons 161
PART FOUR POWERFUL
THE WARRIOR's CRY
15 The Basic Gasp of Goodness 171
16 Helping Others 174
17 Transmission 185
PART FIVE ALL-VICTORIOUS
THE WARRIOR's SMILE
18 A Question of Heart 191
19 The Mukpo Clan 195
20 Beyond Depression 203
21 The Great Eastern Sun: The Dot in Space 208
Epilogue 211
Afterword 215
Glossary 233
Sources 241
Author's Notes 245
Resources· 249
Books by Chogyam Trungpa 251
Index· 253