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FIRST THOUGHT BEST THOUGHT, 108 POEMS

by Chogyam Trungpa
© 1983 by Chogyam Trungpa

 Born in Tibet, Again -- The Exile of the Twelfth Trungpa Tulku -- How Sakyong Mipham Usurped the Trungpa Throne, by Charles Carreon
 Tantra Induced Delusional Syndrome, by Charles Carreon
The Dalai Lamas, Prisoners of the Potala Junta, by Charles Carreon

Table of Contents:

  1. The Spontaneous Song of Entering Into the Blessings and Profound Samaya of the Only Father Guru
  2. Stray Dog
  3. The Song of the Wanderer
  4. Listen, Listen
  5. Whistling Grasses of the Esk Valley
  6. Song
  7. In the North of the Sky
  8. Goodbye And Welcome
  9. Meteoric Iron Mountain
  10. The Zen Teacher
  11. American Good Intentions
  12. First Thought
  13. Samsara and Nirvana
  14. Gain and Loss
  15. Cynical Letter
  16. Dignified Rocky Mountain
  17. Philosopher Fool
  18. Does Love Kill Anybody?
  19. A Letter to Marpa
  20. Aphorisms
  21. The Nameless Child
  22. The Myth of Freedom
  23. Haiku
  24. The Red Flag Flies
  25. The Sword of Hatred
  26. Silk Road
  27. Tibetan Pilgrim
  28. Trans World Air
  29. A Flower is Always Happy
  30. True Tantra Groupie
  31. Glorious Bhagavad-Ghetto
  32. Tale of the Tiger
  33. Naropa Institute, 1974
  34. Pema Yumtso
  35. To Britain's Health
  36. Supplication to the Emperor
  37. Literal Mathematics
  38. One Way
  39. Shasta Road
  40. Palm Is
  41. Burdensome
  42. Tsondru Namkhai
  43. Pema Semma
  44. Dying Laughing
  45. Kunga Garma
  46. 1111 Pearl Street:  Victory Chatter
  47. Wait and Think
  48. Missing the Point
  49. RMDC, Route 1, Livermore
  50. To Gesar of Ling
  51. Love's Fool
  52. Report From Loveland
  53. 1018 Spruce Street (And K.A.)
  54. 1135 Tenth Street (And  G.M.)
  55. 1111 Pearl Street (And D.S.)
  56. 78 Fifth Avenue
  57. The Alden (And Thomas Frederick)
  58. Commentary on "The Alden (And Thomas Frederick)"
  59. Aurora 7 (#2)
  60. 1111 Pearl Street:  Off Beat
  61. Aurora 7 (And Nyingje Sheltri)
  62. Pan-American Dharmadhatu III
  63. Tibetan Lyrics
  64. Asleep and Awake
  65. Great Eastern Daugherlet
  66. Whycocomagh?
  67. Lion's Roar
  68. Timely Rain
  69. Pan-Dharma Dollar
  70. Meetings With Remarkable People
  71. International Affairs:  The Cosmic Joke of 1977
  72. One Sound
  73. Dixville Notch:  Purrington House (And C.F.)
  74. Afterthought
  75. Don't Confuse This For Trick-Or-Treat
  76. Eternal Guest
  77. Swallowing the Sun and Moon Without Leaving the World in Darkness:  Good Lady of Wisdom
  78. Saddharma Punsters
  79. I Miss You So Much
  80. The Doha of Confidence:  Sad Song of the Four Remembrances
  81. Bon Voyage
  82. Memorial in Verse
  83. To My Son
  84. For Anne Waldman
  85. Putting Up With the Trans-Canada
  86. Buddhism in the Canadian Rockies
  87. Praise to the Lady of the Big Heart
  88. Not Deceiving the Earth (And M.S.N.)
  89. Drunken Elephant
  90. Limp and Talk
  91. How to Know No
  92. International Affairs of 1979:  Uneventful But Energy-Consuming
  93. To the Noble Sangha
  94. Fishing Wisely
  95. Miscellaneous Doha
  96. Expose:  Acknowledging Accusations in the Name of Devotion
  97. Mixed Grill Dharma Served With Burgundy of Ground Mahamudra 1980 Vintage:  The Elegant Feast of Timeless Accuracy
  98. Growing Pains are Over
  99. Coming of Age of My Son
  100. You Might Be Tired of the Seat That You Deserve
  101. When I Ride a Horse
  102. Timely Innuendo
  103. A Heart Lost and Discovered
  104. Command
  105. Golden Sun
  106. As Sky Larks Hunt For Their Prey
  107. Seasons' Greetings
  108. The Meek:  Powerfully Nonchalant  and Dangerously Self-Satisfying