Ashoka mukpo biography

Twenty years! It seems difficult to comprehend that it has been so long since Trungpa Rinpoche passed away. Even now I feel him more as a living, breathing entity than as a historical figure.

His presence has been one of the few constants in the impermanent, shifting dream that has been my life, and I feel blessed to have been born in a time where I would have the opportunity to be exposed to his teachings.

Ashoka mukpo

It is an inspiring testament to the power and timelessness of the buddhist teachings that he was able to arrive in such an alien and unfamiliar culture, and fully break all boundaries of custom, language, and habitual thought in such a powerful and lasting way.

He was a walking enigma, and even in death he pushes me and teaches me to leave nothing unquestioned, nothing unexamined, and ultimately, nothing untrusted. I believe from the bottom of my heart that we will be unpacking his life and teachings for a thousand years, and that the foundation we are laying is goi