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Chögyam Trungpa

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Non-Conceptual Giving

Good dharma is good unconscious gossip

Good money flows through generosity

Let us be truly non-conceptual and truly dharmic

Let us have non-conceptual money-making and dharma as good generosity

Let generosity flow through non-conceptually

Let the best of the dharma flow through that way:

Non-conceptual good dharma.

 

(Composed at Rigden House, Marburg, Germany, 29 December 85)

Unpublished poem. Used by permission.

A gift to the Chogyam Trungpa Institute and our Chogyam Trungpa Digital Library helps to keep Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings accessible to all! Please consider a gift to celebrate our mutual connection. There’s still time to give!

Gold sun shines

Dispelling the darkness with a ruby smile

Vajra fist waves with the golden rings

Unpublished poem composed February 1984, Bedford Springs, PA.

Photo by Ray Ellis. Poor image cropping by Carolyn.

 

 

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