"Scholarly and poetic, The Teacup and the Skullcup takes on the provocative nuances of Zen and tantra as 'consociational' allies in a new western matrix." –Anne Waldman

The Teacup & the Skullcup includes talks from two seminars, both called "Zen and Tantra," which Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche taught at Karme Chöling and Boston in winter 1974. Altogether they create a timeless exposition of the similarities and differences between vajrayana Buddhism and the Zen Buddhist tradition. Introduction by Acharya David Schneider. Photos and line drawings. Indexed. Contents include

Part One: The Awakening of Prajna

• Very Practical Joke
• Precision & Vastness
• Artists & Unemployed Samurai
• Wild Zen, Crazy Tantra

Part Two: The Net of Discipline

• Trapping the Monkey
• Beauty & Absurdity
• Dynamic Stillness & Cosmic Absorption
  

Part Three: Oxherding

• Oxherding Pictures
  

Part Four: Suzuki Roshi

• Suzuki Roshi: A Recollection of Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
  

Vajradhatu Publications
Softcover, 6" x 9"
140 pp.