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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chögyam Trungpa

  • 250 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1973
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa is a book addressing many common pitfalls of self-deception in seeking spirituality, which the author coins as Spiritual materialism. It is the transcript of two series of lectures given by Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970–71.

In Psychology Today Michael J. Formica writes,.

As soon as we cast something into a role, as soon as we put a label on it, as soon as we name it and give it life by virtue of our investment (read: ego), we take away all its power and it is nothing more than an event – it is no longer a spiritual revelation, but simply a material experience. This is spiritual materialism at its peak.

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Good for readers who want: Buddhism and spirituality.

  • Buddhism
  • Spiritual life
  • Buddhist Philosophy
  • Spiritual life, buddhism

2 About Chögyam Trungpa

1939–1987

Chögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987), formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.

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