Chogyam Trungpa

We all knew he was the Buddha. We 

didn't know what the Buddha was, what

he would be like in person, but what came

out of his mouth seemed to be the purest,

most digestible truth, and we knew it was

Buddhism, so, we could draw no other

conclusion. 

And, he practiced what he taught with us,

as a friend and a lover, meaning in real,

direct human relationship. So, what else

could he be?

We really didn't talk about that much...it

was understood. It was more what he said,

what he did, that we were more interested

in exchanging information about. Even more,

we discussed what he was explaining as

Dharma. 

We were thirsty for the truth, raw and open.

He was like a samurai surgeon, cutting and

nurturing at the same time, kind and 

terrifying, because ego was always exposed 

when he was around.

Time and space manifested differently

around him. A couple of times when he 

was giving a talk, I experienced the whole

room turning golden. I know one other person

who experienced the same phenomenon.

Yeah, that was him, and we went with it. If

he had been Jim Jones we'd have been 

screwed....luckily, he was Buddha.