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FIRST THOUGHT BEST THOUGHT
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CHOGYAM TRUNGPA
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Edited by David I. Rome Introduction by Allen Ginsberg
SHAMBHALA Boulder & London 1983
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SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS INC.
1920 13th Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 © 1983 by Chogyam Trungpa
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition All rights reserved. Distributed in the United States by Random H ouse and in Canada by Random H ouse of Canada Ltd. Distributed in the United Kingdom by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. , London and Henley-on-Thames. Printed in the United States of America.
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Trungpa, Chogyam, 1939First thought, best thought. 1. Buddhist poetry, American.
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PS3570. R84FS 1983 811 '.54 83-42806 ISBN 0-87773-092- X (pbk .) ISBN 0-394-73269-3 (Random House; pbk.)
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This book is dedicated to Milarepa, the poet-yogi of the Kagyii lineage, who has inspired me since my childhood.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
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EDITOR' S PR EFACE
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XXII
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The Spontaneous Song of Entering into the Blessings and Profound Sa maya of the Only Father Guru 1
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Stray Dog
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The Song of the Wanderer
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Listen, listen 5 Whistling grasses of the Esk Va/Jey
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Song 8 In the north o[ the sky
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Goodbye and W elcomc 11 Meteoric iron mountain 12
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The Zen teacher
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American Good Intentions
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First Thought
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Samsara and Nirvana
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Gain and Loss
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Cynical Letter
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Dignified Rocky Mountain
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Philosopher Fool
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Does Jove ki/J anybody? 27 19. A Letter to Marpa 29 20. Aphorisms 31 21. The Nameless Child 33 22. The Myth of Freedom 35 23 H aiku 37 18.
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The red flag flies 38
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The sword of hatred 39
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Silk Road
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Trans World Air
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A flower is always happy 44 True Tantra Groupie 45 Glorious Bhagavad-Ghetto 47
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Tail of the Tiger
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Naropa Institute, 1974 Perna Yumtso 55
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To Britain's Health 57
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Supplication to the Emperor 60
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Literal Mathematics
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One way 64 Shasta Road 65
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Palm is 66
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Burdensome 68
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T sondrii Namkha
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Perna Semma
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Dying Laughing 73
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Kiinga Garma 75
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1111 Pearl Street : Victory Chatter 79
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Wait and Think
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Missing the Point 83
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RMDC, Route 1, Livermo re
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To Gesar of Ling
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Love's Fool
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Report from Loveland
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1018 Spruce Street (and K .A.)
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1135 lOth Street (and G.M.)
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1111 Pearl Street (and D.S.)
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78 Fifth A venue
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The Alden (and T homas Frederick )
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Commentary on " The Alden (and Thomas Frederick)"
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