Shambhala Arts Day Coordinator Reads Talk by Chogyam Trungpa

Shambhala Arts Day began with a reading of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche's opening talk from "Dharma Art." "Dharma art" refers to creative works that spring from the awakened meditative state, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that dharma art provides a vehicle to appreciate the nature of things as they are and express it without any struggle or desire to achieve. At the same time, Trungpa Rinpoche stresses the need for artists to study their craft, develop skill, and absorb knowledge and insight passed down by tradition.