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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Shambhala Library) by Chögyam Trungpa is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>in This Modern Spiritual Classic, The Tibetan Meditation Master Ch&#246;gyam Trungpa Highlights A Common Pitfall To Which Every Aspirant On The Spiritual Path Falls Prey&#58; What He Calls <i>spiritual Materialism</i>. The Universal Human Tendency, He Shows, Is To See Spirituality As A Process Of Self-improvement&#8212;the Impulse To Develop And Refine The Ego When The Ego Is, By Nature, Essentially Empty. &#8220;the Problem,&#8221; Trungpa Says, &#8220;is That Ego Can Convert Anything To Its Own Use, Even Spirituality.&#8221; His Incisive, Compassionate Teachings Serve To Wake Us Up From This Trick We All Play On Ourselves, And To Offer Us A Far Brighter Reality&#58; The True And Joyous Liberation That Inevitably Involves Letting Go Of The Self Rather Than Working To Improve It. It Is A Message That Has Resonated With Students For Over Thirty Years And Remains Fresh As Ever Today. <p>this Edition Includes A Foreward By Ch&#246;gyam Trungpa&#8217;s Son And Lineage Holder Sakyong Mipham. <p>&#160;</p> <h3>tricycle Magazine</h3> <p>a True Classic, Trungpa Rinpoche's Message To America Is Perhaps Even Truer Today Than Ever.</p>

Who reads Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Shambhala Library)?

It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.

Common subject areas: religion, theology.

Author
Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9781590306390
Category
religious
Subjects
Religion, Buddhism
Rating
4.7 / 5 (969 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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