That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible conclusions.
—Chögyam Trungpa in Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
—Chögyam Trungpa in Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987) was formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso. A Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, he was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and...
—Chögyam Trungpa in The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation