Chogyam Trungpa: Buddhist Master and His Dark Legacy

Chogyam Trungpa helped bring Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Naropa University and the secular Shambhala Training that shaped modern mindfulness. He was also a figure of profound and troubling controversy.This episode traces his life from a Himalayan monastery and a harrowing nine-month escape from Tibet to Boulder, Colorado, where the loss of institutional guardrails produced a legacy permanently scarred by abuse.Recognized as the 11th reincarnation of a major spiritual lineageThe 1959 flight from Tibet leading roughly 300 refugees to IndiaDisrobing after a 1969 car crash into an English joke shopFounding Naropa with Allen Ginsberg and William BurroughsThe 1975 Halloween party and the weaponizing of crazy wisdom