Transcending Madness

The Experience of the Six Bardos

Chogyam Trungpa

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Shambhala
15 December 1992

Religion & beliefs; Philosophy of religion; Tibetan Buddhism

The Tibetan word bardo is usually associated with life after death. Here, Ch gyam 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 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 (aggression and hatred). In relating these realms to the six traditional Buddhist bardo experiences, Trungpa provides an insightful look at the ""madness"" of our familiar psychological patterns and shows how they present an opportunity to transmute daily experience into freedom.

By: Chogyam Trungpa
Imprint: Shambhala
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780877736370
ISBN 10: 0877736375
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 15 December 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ch gyam Trungpa (1940-1987)--meditation master, teacher, and artist--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.

Reviews for Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos

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