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Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s Address to Children (1978)
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Summary Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche addresses children from his sangha in 1978.
Age Range Middle/Junior High School (ages 13-15), Primary/Elementary School (ages 5-12), Secondary/High School (ages 16-19)
Details
Audio available via Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
In this talk we hear Chögyam Trungpa speaking with sangha children eight days before the first Children’s Day in 1978. Rinpoche’s brief talk and the discussion that follows are really quite wonderful for children and adults alike. The children are so sweet and intelligent and they elicit some very interesting comments from Rinpoche about his escape from Tibet, Jesus and other religious figures, depression, sitting practice and more.
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Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche addresses children from his sangha in 1978.