Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

{{Short description|Book by Chögyam Trungpa}}

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| publisher = Shambhala Publications

| pub_date = 1973 (1st ed.)

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| pages = 227 pp (first edition)

| isbn = 978-0-87773-050-7

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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa is a book addressing many common pitfalls of self-deception in seeking spirituality, which the author coins as Spiritual materialism. It is the transcript of two series of lectures given by Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970–71.[http://www.shambhala.org/meditation/books2.php Book Corner - Shambhala] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210031919/http://shambhala.org/meditation/books2.php |date=2011-12-10 }}

In Psychology Today Michael J. Formica writes,

As soon as we cast something into a role, as soon as we put a label on it, as soon as we name it and give it life by virtue of our investment (read: ego), we take away all its power and it is nothing more than an event – it is no longer a spiritual revelation, but simply a material experience. This is spiritual materialism at its peak.[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/enlightened-living/200812/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism Cutting through Spiritual Materialism | Psychology Today]