Timely Rain · Selected Poetry of Chogyam Trungpa by Trungpa, Chögyam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Introduction by Allen Ginsberg PART ONE • T HE S ILENT S ONG OF L ONELINESS

Silk Road Tibetan Pilgrim The red flag flies above the Potala Song of the Golden Elephant from The Silent Song of Loneliness Stray Dog Completely intoxicated by you Looking into the world Red glaring from the West Three-bladed missile Whistling grasses of the Esk Valley In the north of the sky Goodbye and Welcome

PART TWO • L ETTER TO M ARPA

Meteoric iron mountain A Letter to Marpa Supplication to the Emperor RMDC, Route 1, Livermore Timely Rain Afterthought Fishing Wisely Exposé: Acknowledging Accusations in the Name of Devotion A Heart Lost and Discovered As skylarks hunt for their prey

PART THREE • S AMSARA AND N IRVANA

The Zen teacher Samsara and Nirvana Gain and Loss Cynical Letter Philosopher Fool Aphorisms The Nameless Child Haiku A flower is always happy Glorious Bhagavad-Ghetto Literal Mathematics Burdensome Tibetan Lyrics When I ride a horse

PART FOUR • I N THE L AND OF P ROMISES

To Britain’s Health Palm is In the land of promises How small can you be? Dying Laughing Wait and Think Missing the Point 1135 10th Street (and G.M.) 1111 Pearl Street (and D.S.) The Alden (and Thomas Frederick) Aurora 7 (#1) Whycocomagh? To My Son Not Deceiving the Earth (and M.S.N.) International Affairs of 1979: Uneventful but Energy-Consuming Seasons’ Greetings

PART FIVE • L OVE ’ S F OOL

The Perfect Love Poem Early Outward Does love kill anybody? Love’s Fool Report from Loveland 1018 Spruce Street (and K. A.) 78 Fifth Avenue Off Beat When a cold knife is planted in your heart Dixville Notch I Miss You So Much Bon Voyage

PART SIX • V ICTORY C HATTER

Garuda Is the Mighty Force The Wind of Karma Victory Chatter Aurora 7 (#2) Memorial in Verse Maestoso Drala Trooping the Color Good Morning within the Good Morning Haiku Turning Point Command Golden Sun How to Be Old Shambhalians and Youthful Propagators of Shambhala Child’s Concept of Death The Meek: Powerfully Nonchalant and Dangerously Self-Satisfying

PART SEVEN • S ACRED S ONGS

Supplication Four-armed Mahakala Purifying and Invoking the Four Directions Invoking the Rigden Father Invoking the Mother Lineage The Education of the Warrior Meek Inscrutable Enriching Presence Song of the Self-existing Four Elements

Afterword Appendix Index of First Lines