Blazing Splendor The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

by Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen

• ISBN13: 9789627341567
• ISBN10: 9627341568
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-04
• Publisher: Rangjung Yeshe Publications

Summary

With unsurpassed honesty and humility, the highly influential meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche offers a glimpse into the remarkable reality of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as an in depth portrait of the lost culture of old Tibet. This grand narrative stretches across generations, providing an inspiring glimpse into a realm of remarkable human achievement quite different from our familiar, mundane world. Intimate in tone, these personal memoirs recount the influences and experiences that shaped one of the great spiritual teachers of our time.Blazing Splendoris of both spiritual and historical importance.

Author Biography

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) was one of the outstanding Tibetan Buddhist teachers of his generation. Forced into exile by the Communist invasion of Tibet, he came to settle in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. While spending over 25 years in retreat, he not only taught extensively, but also founded numerous monasteries and retreat centers all over the world. He is the author of such popular books as Rainbow Painting and As It Is Vols. I & II.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Foreword	ix
Sogyal Rinpoche
Introduction	xiii
Daniel Goleman
Preface	xviii
Prologue	xi
Part One Spiritual Roots
Grandmother's Mission	3	(3)
Tibet, a Buddhist Land	6	(4)
Gampopa and the Early Barom Masters	10	(15)
The Treasures of the Lotus-Born	25	(2)
My Great-Grandfather, the Treasure Revealer	27	(14)
Two Sublime Masters	41	(12)
Khyentse	41	(8)
Kongtrul	49	(4)
Lord of Activity, the Fifteenth Karmapa	53	(9)
Spiritual Sons	62	(17)
Karmey Khenpo	62	(4)
Wangchok Dorje	66	(4)
Tsewang Norbu	70	(9)
My Precious Grandmother	79	(7)
My Guru, Samten Gyatso	86	(17)
My Father, the Performer of Miracles	103	(19)
Two Special Uncles and Their Teachers	122	(7)
Uncle Sang-Ngak	122	(2)
Tersey Tulku	124	(5)
Shakya Shri, the Lord of Siddhas	129	(6)
The Master-Scholar Katok Situ	135	(6)
Part Two Early Years
My Childhood	141	(16)
The Nunnery of Yoginis	157	(6)
Receiving My First Teachings	163	(3)
An Extraordinary Speech	166	(4)
My Previous Life	170	(6)
My Monastery and Enthronement	176	(10)
The Young Karmapa	186	(7)
Grandmother's Death	193	(11)
The Colorful Chokling of Tsikey	204	(11)
Transmission at Surmang	215	(4)
The Master in the Hollow Tree	219	(7)
An Eccentric King	226	(5)
My Last Days with Samten Gyatso	231	(3)
My Guru's Passing	234	(13)
Meetings with a Remarkable Teacher	247	(16)
Part Three Central Tibet
At Tsurphu with the Karmapa	263	(17)
Brilliant Moon	280	(10)
My Last Visit to Central Tibet	290	(7)
Amazing Masters in Lhasa	297	(22)
Dzongsar Khyentse	297	(6)
Dudjom Rinpoche	303	(4)
Shechen Kongtrul	307	(12)
Part Four In Exile
Leaving Tibet	319	(6)
Sikkim	325	(12)
Nepal	337	(3)
The Chokling of Neten	340	(7)
The Hearing Lineage from Bomta Khenpo	347	(7)
Conclusion	354	(5)
Afterword	359	(5)
Acknowledgements	364	(3)
Art Credits	367	(1)
Appendix: The Lineage of the New Treasures	368	(4)
Endnotes	372	(26)
Glossary	398	(35)
Activities and information connected to the lineage of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	433