Blazing Splendor
The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Published on 1. January 2015
434 pages
978-0-9909978-1-8 (ISBN)
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Blazing Splendor paints an intimate portrait of the lost culture of Old Tibet and of a remarkable man who inspired thousands. A memoir in the form of tales told by Rinpoche toward the end of his life, the book spans his lifetime - a lifetime rich in adventures of both spirit and body. His reminiscences weave a rich tapestry of family history and also describe the lives of some of the most realized and genuine practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
La Vergne
United States
File size
34,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-9909978-1-8 (9780990997818)
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08/2005
Rangjung Yeshe Publications,Nepal
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, deceased
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada):
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) is recognized as one of the greatest 20th-century masters of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the first to bring the essential teachings of Buddhism beyond Tibet. Born into an illustrious family, he took as the core of his own practice the indivisibility of the three great traditions: the Dzogchen view of primordial purity and perfection, the Mahamudra view of mental non-doing, and the Middle Way view of holding no mental constructs. After fleeing Tibet shortly before the Dalai Lama, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche devoted the rest of his life to trying to keep the spirit of the classical Tibetan spiritual system alive. Blazing Splendor is a translation of the name he was given by the head of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism, the name referring to the qualities of a realized master. He was a teacher without peer, who transformed the lives of those who came to him from the world over, among them Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Bennett-Goleman, and Lama Surya Das.
Erik Pema Kunsang, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, is one of the world's most gifted English interpreters of Tibetan. Since first trafveling to Nepal from his native Denmark at the age of 20, he has studied with and translated for more than 60 Tibetan masters. He is the compiler of a 3,000-page Tibetan dictionary of spiritual terms, "The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture.
Marcia Binder Schmidt, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, and the U.S., was a long-time, close attendant to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Previous publications include the compliation "Dzogchen Essentials," a comprehensive and accessible collection of essential Dzogchen instructions that combine study and practice.
Sogyal Rinpoche is the author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" He lives primarily in France but travels extensively, giving lectures.
Daniel Goleman is the author of "Emotional Intelligence" He lives in Massachusetts, U.S.
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada):
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) is recognized as one of the greatest 20th-century masters of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the first to bring the essential teachings of Buddhism beyond Tibet. Born into an illustrious family, he took as the core of his own practice the indivisibility of the three great traditions: the Dzogchen view of primordial purity and perfection, the Mahamudra view of mental non-doing, and the Middle Way view of holding no mental constructs. After fleeing Tibet shortly before the Dalai Lama, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche devoted the rest of his life to trying to keep the spirit of the classical Tibetan spiritual system alive. Blazing Splendor is a translation of the name he was given by the head of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism, the name referring to the qualities of a realized master. He was a teacher without peer, who transformed the lives of those who came to him from the world over, among them Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Bennett-Goleman, and Lama Surya Das.
Erik Pema Kunsang, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, is one of the world's most gifted English interpreters of Tibetan. Since first trafveling to Nepal from his native Denmark at the age of 20, he has studied with and translated for more than 60 Tibetan masters. He is the compiler of a 3,000-page Tibetan dictionary of spiritual terms, "The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture.
Marcia Binder Schmidt, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, and the U.S., was a long-time, close attendant to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Previous publications include the compliation "Dzogchen Essentials," a comprehensive and accessible collection of essential Dzogchen instructions that combine study and practice.
Sogyal Rinpoche is the author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" He lives primarily in France but travels extensively, giving lectures.
Daniel Goleman is the author of "Emotional Intelligence" He lives in Massachusetts, U.S.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Preface
- Prologue
- Part One: Spiritual Roots
- 1. Grandmother's Mission
- 2. Tibet, a Buddhist Land
- 3. Gampopa and the Early Barom Masters
- 4. The Treasures of the Lotus-Born
- 5. My Great-Grandfather, the Treasure Revealer
- 6. Two Sublime Masters
- Khyentse
- Kongtrul
- 7. Lord of Activity, the Fifteenth Karmapa
- 8. Spiritual Sons
- Karmey Khenpo
- Wangchok Dorje
- Tsewang Norbu
- 9. My Precious Grandmother
- 10. My Guru, Samten Gyatso
- 11. My Father, the Performer of Miracles
- 12. Two Special Uncles and Their Teachers
- Uncle Sang-Ngak
- Tersey Tulku
- 13. Shakya Shri, the Lord of Siddhas
- 14. The Master-Scholar Katok Situ
- Part Two: Early Years
- 15. My Childhood
- 16. The Nunnery of Yoginis
- 17. Receiving My First Teachings
- 18. An Extraordinary Speech
- 19. My Previous Life
- 20. My Monastery and Enthronement
- 21. The Young Karmapa
- 22. Grandmother's Death
- 23. The Colorful Chokling of Tsikey
- 24. Transmission at Surmang
- 25. The Master in the Hollow Tree
- 26. An Eccentric King
- 27. My Last Days with Samten Gyatso
- 28. My Guru's Passing
- 29. Meetings with a Remarkable Teacher
- Part Three: Central Tibet
- 30. At Tsurphu with the Karmapa
- 31. Brilliant Moon
- 32. My Last Visit to Central Tibet
- 33. Amazing Masters in Lhasa
- Dzongsar Khyentse
- Dudjom Rinpoche
- Shechen Kongtrul
- Part Four: In Exile
- 34. Leaving Tibet
- 35. Sikkim
- 36. Nepal
- 37. The Chokling of Neten
- 38. The Hearing Lineage from Bomta Khenpo
- 39. Conclusion
- Afterword
- Acknowledgements
- Art Credits
- Appendix: The Lineage of the New Treasures
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Activities and information connected to the lineage of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
