This footage is from a three-hour interview Cathy Hubiak and I conducted with Kunga Dawa, Richard Arthure, earlier this year. Kunga was the "first" student - of those who continued on to form the North American sangha - to meet Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in England. Needless to say, Kunga is a unique and essential witness to Chögyam Trungpa's journey of bringing Vajrayana Buddhism to The West. Kunga was with Chögyam Trungpa when he traveled to Taktsang,…
Kunga Dawa (Richard Arthure) on mt Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1966. Kunga was married, pursuing a career as an actor and had just been introduced to his first experience with LSD. In this twenty-one minute video, Kunga described the intricate, accidental and uncanny path of search and discovery that ultimately led him to Chögyam Trunpa . At that time, Chögyam Trungpa was a relatively anonymous young Tibetan studying at Oxford and living in a basement…
This 10-minute documentary features 2009 interviews with Jakusho Kwong-roshi, dharma heir of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi and founder of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. In this film, Roshi talks primarily about his close relationship with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This film includes a tour of the stupa Kwong-roshi erected in memory of Chogyam Trungpa.
Later in his life, Chögyam Trungpa would occasionally use his family name of Mukpo - his name before he was recognized and enthroned as a tulku - and would sometimes be introduced as "Lord Mukpo" The teachings of Lord Mukpo were vast, touched on every aspect of human experience and were ever evolving. They left a collective legacy but also one unique to each individual who studied with him.
Later in his life, Chögyam Trungpa would occasionally use his family name of Mukpo - his name before he was recognized and enthroned as a tulku - and would sometimes be introduced as "Lord Mukpo" The teachings of Lord Mukpo were vast, touched on every aspect of human experience and were ever evolving. They left a collective legacy but also one unique to each individual who studied with him.
The purpose of Lord Mukpo Legacy & Studies is to document and contribute to this unfolding legacy, particularly through the stories, vision (and visions) and work of those he touched and continues to touch, including those who never met Lord Mukpo during his lifetime (because his living presence or energy very much still occurs in people's lives - not only through reading his books or hearing his student's teach, but also through dreams or through his intangible presence).
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