"You know what is curious about Trungpa's presentation of Dharma Art, is that he doesn't start with awareness or something. He starts at a person with a sense of humour. Then they perceive the wide open sky, and within that space they appreciate the play & symbolism of phenomena"
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Oh that's interesting. If I may, were the oral explanations technical in nature, or would you say they were more personal — in the context of your student:teacher relationship — which opened up the possibility for Trungpa's teaching to make sense?
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Neither of those mainly. Rather about the same topic, ie the nature of art as seen from a vajra perspective. There was a period about ten years ago when that was the main thing he taught. He had a lot of difficulty finding a way of presenting it that students could get...
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