Orderly Chaos, The Mandala Principle

According to the mandala principle, a prominent feature of tantric Buddhism, all phenomena are part of one reality. Whether good or bad, happy or sad, clear or obscure, everything is interrelated and reflects a single totality. As Chögyam Trungpa explains in this work, from the perspective of the mandala principle, existence is orderly chaos. There is chaos and confusion because everything happens by itself, without any external ordering principle. At the same time, whatever happens expresses order and intelligence, wakeful energy and precision. Through meditative practices associated with the mandala principle, the opposites of experience--confusion and enlightenment, chaos and order, pain and pleasure--are revealed as inseparable parts of a total vision of reality.

Author: Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 11/19/1991
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.51w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780877736363
ISBN10: 0877736367
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
- Philosophy | Eastern
- Religion | Comparative Religion

About the Author
Chögyam Trungpa (1940-1987)--meditation master, teacher, and artist--founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.