Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism 108 The glossary has been revised

The glossary has been revised accordingly and expanded to incorporate new terms

This meditation practice prepares the mind for engaging in the completion stage

The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to the guru-yoga practice or "union with the nature of the guru

The filigree pattern adorning our cover was originally designed and handcrafted in Germany circa 1800

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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism 108 The glossary has been revisedBy Chgyam Trungpa Foreword by Sakyong Mipham In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chgyam 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 improvementthe impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. The problem is that ego