Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Audiobook By Marvin Casper - editor, John Baker - editor, Chögyam Trungpa, Sakyong Mipham - foreword cover art

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

By: Marvin Casper - editor, John Baker - editor, Chögyam Trungpa, Sakyong Mipham - foreword
Narrated by: Jim Gimian
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In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement - the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality."

His incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and joyous liberation that inevitably involves letting go of the self rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has resonated with students for nearly thirty years and remains fresh as ever today. This new edition includes a foreword by Chögyam Trungpa's son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham.

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Letting it soak in for awhile. Will definitely require listening again. Mainly due to the Tibetan words; pronunciation and meaning.

Great insight into Buddhist ideology.

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I don’t know what I’d have to say to convince you to read this book, but it is pivotal, powerful, and paradigm shifting, and your life will be better for it. I can’t recommend this book enough.

An elixir for the soul

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There is not enough words to write how insightful and power this book is. It truly deepened my practice and understanding!

Just amazing! Really Enjoyed!!

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Delightfully humbled . The performance is entirely adequate and the tone in no way misapprehends the text's intention (as is the case with the Audible version of Smile at Fear)

Exceptional.

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This book is a great read, or listen! It answered a lot of questions I had as a westerner looking into Buddhist philosophy of mind. Very helpful!

👍👍👍

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I loved this audible. I have had the book since 1989 and decided to listen to the audible version. The narrator is fantastic and the presentation brilliant. There is so much to learn and feel from this book. The audible makes it accessible in way that allows for so much deeper understanding of the material presented. I already gifted it to a friend and would easily recommend it

Mundane to Supreme

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Such a well written, informative book of information. One of my all time favorites! I am now learning about Mahayana Buddhism and fascinated by Shunyata.

Mind blown

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What made the experience of listening to Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism the most enjoyable?

finally the process to enlightenment explained clearly

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clear and concise explanation

What does Jim Gimian bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Gilman is only the narrator but Chogyam Trungpa is the bestI

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several wow moments

amazing!

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One of my favorite texts yet on the Buddhist perspective of ego. Comes on easy, provides some powerful insights and answers a lot of questions. Definitely enhanced my understand of the concept of spiritual materialism.

Beautiful & Inspiring

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Appreciate this first teaching from the master, Trungpa. I refer back to this repeatedly - it's a guide to my journey.

Deepening my awareness

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