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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.
