The Vidyadhara Chögyam Trunpa Rinpoche’s Parinirvana on April 4th, 2009 was a wonderful community celebration. We had the good the fortune of hosting our guest Acharya Dorje Löppön Lodrö Dorje for the event, as well as over 80 community members. Food, poems, readings and stories were shared.

After the Parinirvana, we held an auction to raise money for our local Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche CD Archive, which holds over 1300 recorded teachings covering a vast range of topics. With the help of Gail Flynn and Larry Teitelbaum, Louise Miller’s decadent deserts, and the entire community, we raised over $4000. We exceeded our goal! The Archive will be available to the community beginning in May for check-out, or to listen to in the center, or take advantage of the the Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Study Group beginning April 23rd. The money from the auction will be used to pay for the archive (our final payment) and to purchase a shelf to make the rest of the archive available to the community. Thank you to everyone who participated!

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Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Beyond coming or going
our deepest longing and tender love.

The fistfight is over.

Now waltzing with phenomena
which never strays
from the expanse of your vast smile.
For all of us who fret
that we’ve missed so much,
we discover you in nowness
spotless on the top shelf of the spice rack