Chogyam Trungpa helped bring Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Naropa University and the secular Shambhala Training that shaped modern mindfulness. He was also a figure of profound and troubling controversy.

This episode traces his life from a Himalayan monastery and a harrowing nine-month escape from Tibet to Boulder, Colorado, where the loss of institutional guardrails produced a legacy permanently scarred by abuse.

• Recognized as the 11th reincarnation of a major spiritual lineage
• The 1959 flight from Tibet leading roughly 300 refugees to India
• Disrobing after a 1969 car crash into an English joke shop
• Founding Naropa with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs
• The 1975 Halloween party and the weaponizing of crazy wisdom