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| Name | Chögyam Trungpa |
| Birth Date | February 28, 1939 |
| Birth Place | Kham region, Tibet |
| Death Date | April 04, 1987(age 48) |
| Death Place | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Vajrayana |
| Lineage | Karma Kagyu and Nyingma |
| Title | Rinpoche |
| Teacher | Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Khenpo Gangshar |
| Reincarnation Of | Trungpa Tulku |
| Predecessor | Chökyi Nyinche |
| Successor | Choseng Trungpa |
| Students | Pema Chödrön, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Peter Lieberson, José Argüelles and Francisco Varela |
| Spouse | Lady Diana Mukpo |
| Children | Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Tagtrug (Taggie) Mukpo, Gesar Mukpo |
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Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; February 28, 1939 � April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, the eleventh Trungpa tülku, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision.
Recognized both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, he was a major, albeit controversial, figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.
Among his contributions are the translation of a large number of Tibetan texts, the introduction of the Vajrayana teachings to the West, and a presentation of the Buddhadharma largely devoid of ethnic trappings. Regarded as a mahasiddha by many senior lamas, he is seen as having embodied the crazy wisdom (Tib. yeshe chölwa) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Some of his teaching methods and actions were the topic of controversy during his lifetime and afterwards.
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