In the New York Fashion

Legacy Project Preliminary Gathering in NYC
Written for the CTLP blog by Acharya Judith Lief, who convened the meeting
in New York

On Saturday Oct 28, a preliminary meeting of the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy
Project was held at the New York Shambhala Center in the main shrine
room.. About 20 people attended -- senior students of the Vidyadhara, a
young sangha member, and one of the NY Shambhala Centre directors. We
began with chants and the reading of the Sakyong's letter of support. After
a brief introduction to the project, we had a quite lively and open
discussion -- with both enthusiasm and critical insight, in the New York
fashion. At first, the shrine room was set up as for a program, with a
chair in front and rows of cushions. It soon became apparent that such a
set-up was far to formal, however, so we rearranged in a little clump,
sake was served to all, and we talked informally as old friends and
new. Derek Kolleeny helped to arrange the meeting and Jane took notes. A
few members of this preliminary discussion will focus in the next bit of
time on arranging a larger meeting in January, which we hope will gather
together a diverse group of New Yorkers and further the discussion we just
began.