Haligonian Legacy

Thanks to Marvin Moore, photographer, I am able to share these images from the reading and book signing at the Lord Nelson on Thursday evening. See the previous blog posting for more information about this event.
Now onto the Legacy meeting:
Last night, Saturday November 4th, approximately 100 community members gathered in the shrineroom at the Halifax Shambhala Centre to discuss the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project. Joining Lady Diana as panelists were Sangyum Wendy Friedman, Wendy Karr, Scott Wellenbach, Ben Moore, and myself. As had been done in Boulder, the meeting opened with the "Light of Blessings" chant to the Vidydadhara, followed by a brief period of sitting meditation. Then Lady Diana read the Sakyong's letter and following her opening remarks and those that I gave (a little lacking in energy), Haligonians came to the mikes. The tenor of the meeting was upbeat, if a bit subdued, with people presenting many intriguing ideas. Carol Johnstone suggested a Rashomon style recording of the varied views of an event in the life of Chogyam Trungpa; Barry Boyce offered to head up a project to match interns with senior students who have various skills and transmissions gained from years of working with Trungpa Rinpoche, so that these can be passed along to another generation. A number of people spoke to the importance of embodying the teachings rather than purely cataloging them (my words). There was some discussion of the project to make teachings of the Vidyadhara available online. A feasibility study is about to begin to investigate the steps involved in accomplishing this. Videographer Sandra Kipis recorded the evening, and copies of the tape are available through the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project or by contacting the Shambhala Archives. Lady Diana leaves Halifax today and the Dragon Thunder tour enters a hiatus, to be continued in 2007. Further reports on the onlining of the Archives will follow, beginning in about a week.