Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
March 5, 1939

Place of Birth:
Kham, Tibet

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Chögyam Trungpa

Biography

Chögyam Trungpa was a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, the 11th of the Trungpa tülkus, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and the myth of Shambhala as an enlightened society that was later called Shambhala Buddhism. He was a major figure in the dissemination of Buddhism in the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2011 Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Self (archive footage)
2007 Zeitgeist Self (voice) (archive sound)
Year TV Show Role
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