Comments on: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche on Buddhism’s view of ‘Spiritual Materialism.’

By: New Agey types, ironically, love to accuse others of “judging.” | elephant journal

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:07:45 +0000

[...] here at elephant try and do our share of “cutting through” that “Spiritual Materialism” stuff. Still, we get happy-yappy hippie-dippy love [...]

By: Buddhadharma: Why Meditate? ~ by Chögyam Trungpa | elephant journal

Buddhadharma: Why Meditate? ~ by Chögyam Trungpa | elephant journal — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:20:55 +0000

[...] we should be adding tricks or embellishments of all kinds to our practice. This is the approach of spiritual materialism. It seems fascinating and efficient to use more gadgets to run our domestic scene, office scene, [...]

By: NSFW! Is Tantra about Sex? XXX? In the West, it is. [The Tantra Chair; The Worst Horse; Rod Meade Sperry] | elephant journal

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:51:09 +0000

[...] Horse, a leading American Buddhist culture and practice web site devoted to spearing spiritual materialism and yet cataloging Buddhism’s effect on our culture, and vice versa.. That’s all fine [...]

By: Sickest Buddhist, from that dude on that show. | elephant journal

Sickest Buddhist, from that dude on that show. | elephant journal — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:08:35 +0000

[...] touchy-feely namaste types. It’s an offensive, funny, three-minute version of Chogyam Trungpa’s seminal “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism,” one could say. “I’ll nonattach your [...]

By: How Old is Yoga? | elephant journal

How Old is Yoga? | elephant journal — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:35:06 +0000

[...] of all? Is it about opening up to the present moment, and all that brings? Or is it merely about refining and perfecting ourselves, and our ego? Or is the yoga we practice losing its historical, spiritual thread—is it just about [...]

By: Kirtan: Spiritual Materialism, or Accessible Devotion? | Kurs Finance - World News, Financial News, Breaking US & International News

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:15:38 +0000

[...] either this was only adore n’light spiritual materialism that, during the finish of the day, was only about feeling good, as well as blissed out. Which is, [...]

By: Telluride Yoga Fest, by Kelsi Coia for elephantjournal.com | elephant journal

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:40:01 +0000

[...] understand, and thinking you’re “spiritual” cultural appropriation or New Age Spiritual Materialism! Or is it just good ol’ happy-happy bliss-bliss, it’s alll [...]

By: This Texan Yoga Superstar is all Heart: Anusara’s John Friend. | elephant journal

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:52:04 +0000

[...] in the day. At the end of the interview John and I walked around the Shambhala Center, founded by Trungpa Rinpoche, and John expressed his support for our little mag and offered to help in any way he could [...]

By: How does this Crap site have 5x the traffic that ours does? DailyOM vs. elephantjournal.com | elephant journal

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:37:46 +0000

[...] Spiritual Materialism Alert. [...]

By: Top 10 Buddhist Teachers in America. [elephant journal editor Waylon Lewis for Huffington Post] | elephant journal

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:36:11 +0000

[...] sold in every grocery in America, right by the tabloids. Though he warned against “spiritual materialism“–using religion to perfect the Self, and brace up the ego–he wanted the wisdom of [...]