[Buddha-l] crazy wisdom

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 09:00 +0800, John Whalen-Bridge wrote:

>  I'm not asking "Did it happen?" but rather, "Is such 'Crazy Wisdom',
> as some of Trungpa's students will claim, a respected/recognized
> tradition? Whether or not such methods were skillful is another
> matter, but I'm hoping to have a better sense of whether or not the
> "lineage" was, as I suspect, invented to suit 1970s Americans.

I have no idea what the answer to your question is (and I look forward
to hearing from someone who does know), but I am reminded of a great
line by Samu Sunim, who once described Chogyam Trungpa as the only
Buddhist teacher wild enough to tame Americans.

-- 
Richard