The Dorje Dradul, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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The Dorje Dradul, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche , (1939-1987) was widely admired as a mediation master, teacher, and artist. He was the author of many books on buddhism and the path of meditation, including " Cutting Through Spiritual Matierialism", " The Myth of Freedom", and " Meditation in Action".
Trungpa Rinpoche was born in eastern Tibet. An incarnate lineage holder in the Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, he was Supreme Abbott of the Surmang Monasteries, where he received, at age 18, the degree of Khyenpo (comparable to a doctorate in theology, philosophy and psychology). As part of his education in Tibet, he also studied and practiced traditional arts such as calligraphy, poetry, dance, and thangka painting.
