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The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation
June 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation “For many years, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche wanted the talks he was giving at the Vajradhatu Seminaries to become the basis for a series of scholarly books. His presentations often were based on teachings in Jamgon Kongtrul’s Treasury of Knowledge, and he wanted this material to be broadly available to students and teachers of dharma in North America and beyond. However, during Rinpoche’s lifetime, we were not able to fulfill his wishes. In the last years of... [Read the full story]
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