Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Mahasiddha and his Idiot Servant

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:53:09 -0700


On Jul 21, 2006, at 10:41 AM, authfriend wrote:

--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



A friend, the crazed Zen master, Roshi Kobutsu Malone, gave me a 

copy of the recent book _The Mahasiddha and His Idiot Servant_ by 

John Riley Perks with the hope that I might want to interview him  

sometime. This is a great book, for me, one of those books you just  

can't put down, it's so captivating. It's the story of the 

Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa as told by his butler and heart disciple. 

It's been refused advertisement in most Buddhist magazines, esp. 

those associated with Trungpa's spiritual org, Shambhala. Needless to 

say, Shambhala Publications ( http://www.shambhala.com/ ) wouldn't 

publish it either, so it's been privately printed.



For the record, Shambhala Publications is not formally

associated with Trungpa's Shambhala organization, although

it does publish his works.  As a spiritual publisher, it's

exceedingly eclectic and wide-ranging.



However it's founder, Sam Bercholz, was a close student of Trungpa's and an acharya in that tradition. He has sold the business but IIRC is still on the Board and Editor-in-chief. The current owners have the same affiliations.
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