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Chögyam Trungpa

Tibetan buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987).

Born March 5th, 1939 in Kham.

Died April 4th, 1987 at 48 years old in Halifax (liver cirrhosis).

Occupations
erudite person, guru, painter, philosopher, professor, writer
Website
www.shambhala.org/
Wikipedia
Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel