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In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement—the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality." His incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves, and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and joyous liberation that inevitably involves letting go of the self rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has resonated with students for nearly thirty years, and remains fresh as ever today.
This new edition includes a foreword by Chögyam Trungpa's son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.
This new edition includes a foreword by Chögyam Trungpa's son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.
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The following series of talks was given in Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1970 and the spring of 1971. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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Chogyam Trungpa, often referred to as one of the few oriental, Buddhist lamas who truly understood the Western mind, here transcends East and West by addressing simply and eloquently, the processes of the mind and ego. Trungpa illuminates how some of these processes can undermine an otherwise wholesome relationship to ourselves and our basic goodness (buddha nature) and our relationship with others. These processes can cause our suffering and the suffering of others and disrupt our efforts to be decent and skillful. The non-theistic text, transmitted by this extraordinarily gifted meditation master, is presented freely without prostelytizing and is offered clearly without judgment, blame, guilt, hope or fear. Cutting Through is an important stepping-stone towards developing self-awareness, fearlessness, friendship and loving kindness. A 'must-read' for any diver or warrior of heart and courage. Also recommended are Trungpa's: Shambhala, Path of the Warrior and/or Meditation in Action.
39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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Chogyam Trungpa, gives it to you straight no chaser. The first half of the book examines your motivations for embarking on the spiritual path. This no-nonsense master challenges us to understand that for most the path is too fraught with pain and isolation to embark upon.
Now if you can take this, and its relentless, maintain and cultivate your sense of humour, critical to Trungpa's teaching, then he willingly reveals the Buddhist vehicle for engaging on the spiritual path.
This is authentic Buddhism. Forget being good or bad, forget hoping to get anything, read Chogyam Trungpa and understand there is nothing to get and everything to attain.
Embrace this authentic practice, if your really fortunate you may die laughing!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a must read for all serious students of the way. It highlights a deep and subtle pitfall in the form of projecting our normal goal oriented thinking onto the 'spiritual' path. Trungpa Rinpoche is as clear and indestructible as the dharma he teaches.
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Excellent Read
This book by Chogyam Trungpa is a standard for Western students of Tibetan Buddhism. Sound wisdom and guidance. Read more
Published 5 months ago by TERRY
It nailed my head to the wall
`Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism' nailed my head to the wall. I'd waded through a few dozen turgid tomes in arcane archaic English - and then I found this book. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Robert Johnson
Challange your ego with this!
Fantastic book, easy to read, funny, in the here and now, great Q&A's.
"Disappointment is the best chariot to use on the path of dharma". Read more
"Disappointment is the best chariot to use on the path of dharma". Read more
Published 10 months ago by Janet Ashfield
Let go, leap
Author describes ego's struggle to maintain its sense of existence by grasping, striving and conjuring ("spiritual materialism"). Read more
Published 14 months ago by P. Windridge
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
A fantastic, inspiring, highly challenging teaching. Many times i felt thunderstruck whilst reading it and had to stop to draw breath. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Susan Cornwell
Best book on buddhism!!!!!!!!!!
I've read a few Buddhist books and this is the best. I've read other books talk about abstract notions of "giving to others" and leave it at that but I've increasingly found the... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by Swampy
Absolutely Astounding
Unbelievable clarity in this book, phenomenal. It explains everything, existence, the Skandhas, all aspects of the path, in complete clarity. To read it is to meditate. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by S. Chander
a whole new world
this book has given me an enormous ammount of things to think about. i'd like to thank the author for writing it. and the publishing house for publishing it.
Published on 2 April 2003 by Miss Shirley A Dockerill
You can almost taste enlightenment while reading this book!
THIS BOOK IS IDEAL FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS READ A NUMBER OF BUDHIST BOOKS AND BELIEVES HIMSELF TO UNDERSTAND THE INNER MEANING OF THE TEACHINGS. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1997
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