Introduction to Volume Six ix
TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS
Acknowledgments 3
Editor's Foreword 5
PART ONE: The Six States of Bardo: Allenspark, 1971 9
1. Bardo 11
2. The Six Realms of Being 28
3. The Bardo of Meditation 52
4. The Bardo of Birth 69
5. The Bardo of Illusory Body 82
6. The Bardo of Dreams 93
7. The Bardo of Existence 107
8. The Bardo of Death 125
9. The Lonely Journey 139
PART TWO: The Six States of Being: Karmê Choling, 1971 155
1. Pain and Pleasure 157
2. The Realm of the Gods 172
3. The Jealous God Realm 185
4. The Human Realm 203
5. The Animal Realm 219
6. The Hungry Ghost and Hell Realms 233
7. The Sequence of Bardos 245
Appendix A The Six States of Bardo 261
Appendix B The Cycle of the Bardos 263
Notes 265
From THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Foreword 249
Commentary 271
ORDERLY CHAOS: THE MANDALA PRINCIPLE
Editor's Foreword 301
PART ONE: Mandala of Unconditioned Energy
Karmê Choling, 1972 303
1. Orderly Chaos 305
2. The Razor's Edge 314
3. The Portrait of Confused Mind 323
4. The Watcher's Game 332
5. The Lubrication of Samsara 338
6. Totality 348
7. The Mandala of Unconditioned Being 358
PART TWO: Mandala of the Five Buddha Families: Karmê Choling,
1974 371
1. The Basic Ground 373
2. The Birth of the Path 381
3. Instinct and the Mandala Perspective 393
4. Three Aspects of Perception 401
5. A Glimpse of the Five Buddha Families 411
6. Sambhogakaya Buddha 417
Notes 425
GLIMPSES OF SPACE: THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE AND EVAM
Editor's Introduction 431
PART ONE The Feminine Principle 433
Talk 1: The Mother Principle 435
Talk 2: Unborn, Unceasing 442
Talk 3: Nature Like Sky 451
Talk 4: Prajnaparamita 458
PART TWO Evam 465
Talk 1: Generations of Astronauts 467
Talk 2: Vajra Question Mark 477
Talk 3: Missing the Boat 483
Talk 4: The Chicken and the Egg 493
Talk 5: Small People with Vast Vision 501
Talk 6: Wash Your Dishes and Take Off Your Roof 507
SECRET BEYOND THOUGHT: THE FIVE CHAKRAS AND THE FOUR KARMAS
The Five Chakras 519
The Four Karmas 534
SELECTED WRITINGS
The Bardo (by Chögyam Trungpa and Rigdzin Shikpo) 551
Femininity 562
Glossary 567
Sources 571
Acknowledgments 573
A Biography of Chögyam Trungpa 575
Books by Chögyam Trungpa 581
Resources 587
Index 591
