Orderly Chaos: The Mandala Principle (Dharma Ocean Series) - Softcover

Trungpa, Chogyam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877736367 ISBN 13: 9780877736363

Publisher: Shambhala, 1991

Synopsis

According to the mandala principle, a prominent feature of tantric Buddhism, all phenomena are part of one reality. Whether good or bad, happy or sad, clear or obscure, everything is interrelated and reflects a single totality. As Chögyam Trungpa explains in this work, from the perspective of the mandala principle, existence is orderly chaos. There is chaos and confusion because everything happens by itself, without any external ordering principle. At the same time, whatever happens expresses order and intelligence, wakeful energy and precision. Through meditative practices associated with the mandala principle, the opposites of experience—confusion and enlightenment, chaos and order, pain and pleasure—are revealed as inseparable parts of a total vision of reality.

About this title

About the Author:

Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0877736367
• ISBN 13: 9780877736363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200