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'''Blazing Splendor''': The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
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===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 962-7341-56-8 (alk. paper.)
*1. Eastern travels. 2. Biographies. 3. Tibet—Dzogchen (Nyingma). I. Title.
 
*Cover art detail: [[Fortress Peak]] ([[Dzong-go Ling]]), [[Nangchen]]; Erik Pema Kunsang
*Design: [[Rafael Ortet]]
 
=== Contents===
* Contents 5
* List of Illustrations 7
* Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche 11
* Introduction by Daniel Goleman 15
* Preface 19
* Prologue 23
* PART I: SPIRITUAL ROOTS 25
* Tibet, a Buddhist Land 27
* Gampopa and the Early Barom Masters 30
* The Treasures of the Lotus-Born 42
* My Great-Grandfather, the Treasure Revealer 45
* Two Sublime Masters 58
* Khyentse 58
* Kongtrul 65
* Lord of Activity, the Fifteenth Karmapa 69
* Spiritual Sons 77
* Karmey Khenpo 77
* Wangchok Dorje 80
* Tsewang Norbu 84
* My Precious Grandmother 92
* My Guru, Samten Gyatso 98
* My Father, the Performer of Miracles 113
* Two Special Uncles and Their Teachers 130
* Uncle Sang-Ngak 130
* Tersey Tulku 132
* Shakya Shri, the Lord of Siddhas 137
* The Master-Scholar Katok Situ 142
* PART II:  EARLY YEARS 146
* My Childhood 146
* The Nunnery of Yoginis 159
* Receiving my First Teachings 164
* An Extraordinary Speech 166
* My Previous Life 170
* My Monastery and Enthronement 174
* The Young Karmapa 183
* Grandmother’s Death 189
* The Colorful Chokling of Tsikey 198
* Transmission at Surmang 207
* The Master in the Hollow Tree 210
* An Eccentric King 216
* My Last Days with Samten Gyatso 220
* My Guru’s Passing 223
* Meetings with a Remarkable Teacher 235
* PART III: CENTRAL TIBET 246
* At Tsurphu with the Karmapa 246
* Brilliant Moon 260
* My Last Visit to Central Tibet 269
* Amazing Masters in Lhasa 275
* Dzongsar Khyentse 275
* Dudjom Rinpoche 280
* Shechen Kongtrul 284
* PART IV: IN EXILE 292
* Leaving Tibet 292
* Sikkim 296
* Nepal 305
* The Chokling of Neten 308
* The Hearing Lineage from Bomta Khenpo 313
* Conclusion 319
* Afterword 322
* Acknowledgements 326
* Art Credits 328
* Appendix I: The Lineage of the New Treasures 329
* Endnotes 332
* Glossary 333
* Activities and information connected to the lineage of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 356
 
===List of Illustrations===
1 Tsewang Chokdrub Palbar—Blazing Splendor 9
* 2. Trisong Deutsen—the great Dharma king 27
* 3. Samye—the castle of the early Dharma 28
* 4. Chimphu—a view from the caves above Samye 28
* 5. Padmasambhava—the Lotus-Born master 28
* 6. Vajradhara—the dharmakaya buddha 30
* 7. Gampopa—the forefather of the Kagyu masters 30
* 8. Chokgyur Lingpa—the revealer of hidden treasures 45
* 9. The lotus crown of Chokgyur Lingpa 46
* 10. The Lotus Crystal Cave—sacred place of the Three Sections 46
* 11. Kala Rongo—where the Tukdrub was revealed 46
* 12. Yeshe Tsogyal—the great dakini disciple of the Lotus-Born 55
* 13. Longchenpa—the great Dzogchen master 61
* 14. Vairotsana—the great translator of Buddhist scriptures 65
* 15. Mipham—the famous scholar 66
* 16. The Great Dakini of Tsurphu 71
* 17. King Jah—the master of Mahayoga 80
* 18. Tara—the female buddha of compassion 95
* 19. Fortress Peak—the lofty hermitage 100
* 20. Tsewang Dechen—the tulku of Samten Gyatso 112
* 21. Tsechu monastery in Nangchen 117
* 22. Shakya Shri—the Lord of Siddhas 137
* 23. Druk Kharag Yongdzin Rinpoche 138
* 24. Cool Grove charnel ground in India 140
* 25. On the road from Lachab to Dechen Ling 149
* 26. Dechen Ling 152
* 27. Tsangsar County—on the road to Dechen Ling 152
* 28. View of Fortress Peak from the road to Lachab 156
* 29. Gebchak Gompa—the nunnery of meditators 159
* 30. Gebchak nuns sitting in their meditation box 162
* 31. The Derge royal family 167
* 32. The Situ of Palpung 168
* 33. Pages from the writings of Chowang Tulku 171
* 34. Lachab monastery 175
* 35. View from Lachab monastery 175
* 36. On the road from Fortress Peak to Lachab 175
* 37. The sixteenth Karmapa—a willful incarnation 183
* 38. The terma site above Tsikey and the present tulku 189
* 39. Karsey Kongtrul—the son of the fifteenth Karmapa 190
* 40. The tulku of Karsey Kongtrul 190
* 41. Tsikey monastery 201
* 42. The king of Nangchen 216
* 43. Prince Achen of Nangchen 217
* 44. The young Karmapa 246
* 45. Mural of Tsurphu monastery 246
* 46. Lotus Garuda Fortress above Tsurphu monastery 247
* 47. Shri Singha—the early master of Dzogchen 251
* 48. The young Dalai Lama 254
* 49. The inner retreat room at Lachab 259
* 50. Dudjom Rinpoche—flanked by Dordrak Rigdzin and Minling Chung 259
* 51. A tulku named Rabsel Dawa, Brilliant Moon 261
* 52. Early photo of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 261
* 53. Pawo Rinpoche of Nenang monastery 269
* 54. The Moon Cave at Drak Yerpa 273
* 55. View from the Moon Cave 273
* 56. The young Dudjom Rinpoche 274
* 57. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche 275
* 58. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Lhasa 279
* 59. Dudjom Rinpoche 280
* 60. Chatral Rinpoche 281
* 61. The Kongtrul of Shechen 284
* 62. Chökyi Nyima, Chokling and their mother Kunsang Dechen 292
* 63. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche early photo 293
* 64. The family in Sikkim 297
* 65. The Vajra Throne in Bodhgaya 299
* 66. Dzongsar Khyentse under the Bodhi Tree 299
* 67. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche 303
* 68. Trinley Norbu Rinpoche with his wife and the tulku of Dzongsar Khyentse 303
* 69. The sixteenth Karmapa 303
* 70. Trulshik, Dudjom and Tulku Urgyen, Rinpoches 305
* 71. Dudjom and Nyingma lamas in exile 305
* 72. The Great Stupa in Boudhanath 305
* 73. Swayambhu Stupa 306
* 74. Lama Tashi Dorje of Nubri 307
* 75. The third Chokling of Neten—Pema Gyurmey 308
* 76. The Chokling of Neten with his oldest son Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche 308
* 77. The fourth Chokling of Neten 308
* 78. Chökyi Nyima and Chokling, Rinpoches 309
* 79. View of Nagi Gompa 311
* 80. Bomta Khenpo 313
* 81. Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche 313
* 82. Vimalamitra—the Dzogchen master 314
* 83. Khenpo Ngakchung 314
* 84. The Black Crown ceremony of the Karmapa 317
* 85. The Boudha Stupa and Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery—old air photo by Toni Hagen 319
* 86. The sixteenth Karmapa with the tulkus at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery 319
* 87. The sixteenth Karma & King Birendra of Nepal at the inauguration 319
* 88. Chatral, Dudjom and Dilgo Khyentse, Rinpoches 320
* 89. Enacting the drama of Padmasambhava, Shantarakshita and King Trisong Deutsen—Dilgo Khyentse, Trulshik & Chökyi Nyima, Rinpoches 320
* 90. Lamas at the Boudha Stupa, at the end of the transmission for the New Treasures 321
* 91. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche with lamas at the Yak & Yeti 321
* 92. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche’s family 321
* 93. Five lamas in Boudha—Tulku Urgyen, Trulshik, Dilgo Khyentse, Dabzang and Depuk, Rinpoches 321
* 94. Tulku Urgyen with Tsoknyi and Mingyur, Rinpoches, and their mother Sonam Chodron at Nagi Gompa 324
* 95. Tsoknyi Rinpoche with Adeu Rinpoche of Nangchen 324
* 96. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche—the youngest son 324
* 97. Tenga Rinpoche with Tenpa Yarpel 324
* 98. Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudha 324
* 99. The temple at Asura Cave in Parping 324
* 100. Ngedon Osel Ling monastery 324
* 101. Chatral and Tulku Urgyen, Rinpoches, with Kunsang Dechen and Phakchok Tulku 324
* 102. Chokling Rinpoche with his first son—Phakchok Tulku 324
* 103. Chokling Rinpoche with his second son—the incarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 324
* 104. The fourth Chokling of Tsikey in Nepal 324
* 105. The fourth Chokling of Tsikey in Kham 324
* 106. Neten Chokling and Tsikey Chokling 324
* 107. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche with Tsikey Chokling, Dechen Paldron and the incarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 325
* 108. Three sons and Phakchok Tulku at Nagi Gompa 325
* 109. Marcia Binder Schmidt in Nangchen 2003 327
* 110. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Erik Pema Kunsang at Nagi Gompa 327
 
===Glossary of people, places and key terms===
* [[Glossary from Blazing Splendor]]
 
 
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