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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Written by: Marvin Casper - editor, John Baker - editor, Chögyam Trungpa, Sakyong Mipham - foreword
Narrated by: Jim Gimian
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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.

©1973 Chögyam Trungpa (P)2015 Audible, Inc. Buddhism Philosophy & Practice Tibetan
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Erudite elevation of pitch from Hina thru Maha and Vajra to Tantra throuvh the lense of material spirituality 🙏

Mahamudra

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whole thing narrated in such a way we will be immersed in the book. Good

spirituality

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The book covers a lot of fundamental ideas we know in it's rude form. then takes such ideas and dwells deeper. Eg. Aspirations to attain Nirvana is in itself a strong desire and will block our way to enlightenment.

The key message in Heart Sutra is explained well.
An easily understandable analogy is provided to explain the evolution of the human mind, and in what hopes theistic religions are built on.

the book definitely requires several rereading.

Truly an amazing book

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