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12 July 2007

This week's guest:
Cynthia Moku
[60 minutes]


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Cynthia Moku


Karma Dzong shrine in Boulder, circa 1980. Enlarge image; shrine description


Primordial Rigden, painted by Cynthia Moku About the thangka


Julia Sagebien

Cynthia Moku talks about meeting her teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, her early training as an artist, painter and thangka painter, her work at Naropa, how she began to study with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the origins of the Primordial Rigden thangka, and the ongoing iconographic work that she has undertaken for Sakyong Mipham.

Over the past few years, most major Shambhala centers have replaced the traditional Vajradhara thangka with the Primordial Rigden thangka shown below. This change has provoked controversy within the community. While many feel that the Primordial Rigden thangka is the culminating and central iconographic image of the Shambhala community, many others believe that our shrines and shrine rooms—arranged and designed by Trungpa Rinpoche—contain enormous blessings and power, and that the forms he established were intended to endure.

Please send your thoughts to feedback@chroniclesradio.com.

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Julia's guest next week will be Susan Edwards.


































































Thank you to:

Peter Lieberson for permission to play his
vocal arrangement of the Shambhala Anthem at the end of this show,

Howard Harawitz for technical advice, CyberMusic.ca,

Marguerite Sands, for design consulting, Marguerite Sands Design,

Edzard de Ranitz, for the original web design, kikker.com.

The Shambhala Anthem and other songs by Trungpa Rinpoche are recorded on the Dragon's Thunder CD, available from the Shambala Shop,

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