See this film: Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times Of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche @ the Coolidge
Called "the bad boy of
Buddhism," Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche left a monastery in India in the '60s for the West
where he smoked, drank, and caroused with women. He also helped transform the
counterculture with his teachings and meditation techniques, inspiring such
acolytes as Thomas Merton, Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, and David Bowie. In Crazy Wisdom: The
Life & Times Of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas indulges in a little cinematic craziness of her
own, employing interviews, animation, and original imagery as well as archival
footage for this rousing portrait. She'll be on hand to talk about it when it
screens at the Coolidge Corner Cinema, 290 Harvard St, Brookline
| Monday, November 21 @ 7 pm | $15 | 617.734.2500 or coolidge.org.