MARCIA DECHEN WANGMO
CHOKGYUR LINGPA, JAMGÖN KONGTRÜL, JAMYANG KHYENTSE WANGPO, ADEU RINPOCHE, AND ORGYEN TOPGYAL RINPOCHE
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© 2005 Erik Hein Schmidt & Marcia Binder Schmidt
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E-book edition published in 2015
Publication Data:
Schmidt, Erik Hein; Schmidt, Marcia Binder.
Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Compiled, translated and edited by Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt, with Michael Tweed. Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche. Introduction by Daniel Goleman.
Includes glossary with geographical and bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0–9909978-1-8 (e-book)
1. Eastern travels. 2. Biographies. 3. Tibet—Dzogchen (Nyingma). I. Title.
Cover art detail: Fortress Peak (Dzong-go Ling), Nangchen; Erik Pema Kunsang
Cover and text designed by Rafael Ortet
Contents
Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche
Introduction by Daniel Goleman
Gampopa and the Early Barom Masters
The Treasures of the Lotus-Born
My Great-Grandfather, the Treasure Revealer
Lord of Activity, the Fifteenth Karmapa
My Father, the Performer of Miracles
Two Special Uncles and Their Teachers
UNCLE SANG-NGAK
TERSEY TULKU
Shakya Shri, the Lord of Siddhas
The Master-Scholar Katok Situ
PART TWO • EARLY YEARS
My Childhood
The Nunnery of Yoginis
Receiving My First Teachings
An Extraordinary Speech
My Previous Life
My Monastery and Enthronement
The Young Karmapa
Grandmother’s Death
The Colorful Chokling of Tsikey
Transmission at Surmang
The Master in the Hollow Tree
An Eccentric King
My Last Days with Samten Gyatso
My Guru’s Passing
Meetings with a Remarkable Teacher
PART THREE • CENTRAL TIBET
At Tsurphu with the Karmapa
Brilliant Moon
My Last