Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche 

Art and Aesthetics  Digital Files

RECORDINGS OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA'S TEACHINGS ON ART AND AESTHETICS: 

Resources from the Chogyam Trungpa Digital Library 

Iconography of Buddhist Tantra (Naropa Institute, 1975. 10 Talks. Video)

Talks in this seminar:

• Talk 1: Symbolism in Everyday Life

• Talk 2: Obstacles to Experiencing Symbolism

• Talk 3: Relative and Absolute Symbolism

• Talk 4: The Tantric Journey

• Talk 5: Seeing Your World

• Talk 6: The Process of Perception

• Talk 7: Choiceless Magic

• Talk 8: Self-Existing Humor

• Talk 9: Lost Horizons

• Talk 10: The Path of Visual Dharma

Visual Dharma I (Naropa Institute, 1978. 4 Talks. Video)

Talks in this seminar:

• Talk 1: State of Mind

• Talk 2: Space, Sacredness, and Sanity

• Talk 3: Great Eastern Sun

• Talk 4: Basic Goodness

Visual Dharma II (Naropa Institute, 1979. 6 Talks. Audio)

Talks in this seminar:

• Talk 1: Dharma and Art

• Talk 2: Creation

• Talk 3: Perception

• Talk 4: The Mandala of the Four Karmas

• Talk 5: Discipline

• Talk 6: Art and Society

Art and Sanity (Naropa Institute, 1981. 2 Talks. Audio)

CTR's available talks in this seminar (he gave talks 2, 4, and 6, but audio for Talk 4 is not available):

• Talk 2: Mind: The Ground and Path of the Artist

• Talk 6: Openness and Letting Go: The Path of Kyudo and Art

Additional Digital Library resources and single talks:

• Article by Leandra Ziegler on poetics at Naropa (which includes links to numerous poetry readings, classes, and other poetics resources)

• Public Talk: Art and Education (Naropa Institute, 1979. Audio)

 ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, BOOKS, AND REFLECTIONS FROM CHRONICLES ABOUT CTR'S DHARMA ART TEACHINGS 

Dharma Art—Genuine Art

Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part II

Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part I

Four Artists Reflect on CTR’s Visual Dharma Teachings

The Art of Calligraphy: Joining Heaven and Earth

Dharma Art

Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part III

Western Thangka Painting: An interview with Jack Niland

Heaven and Earth Rock Gardens

Dharma in the West: Part One

Being Tara

Unbridled Perception: An interview with Miksang practitioners Michael Wood and Julie Dubose from the...

Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes

Creating a Drala Culture

Calligraphy Lesson

Inconceivable Love

Effortless Beauty by Julie DuBose

When The Iron Bird Flies

Peony

Close Capture: Crazy Wisdom

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Quick Charcoal

Robert Rader

Molly Nudell

Tribute to Jack Niland