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appropriate teachers and education for himself. That is just what he did. "In his early years," the young man, " when he had awakened the excellent habits of virtue

Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The capital is Gangtok sgang thog, it is a kingdom with a hereditary king. In (1975 it was annexed into India.] [IW] 'brug - dragon

Drikung in remote Central Tibet. The Eighth Dorzong Rinpoche was born in the early summer of the Water-Sheep year (1943), at sunrise. The people of Nyeyul village

his father had been a monk at Sera monastery. He entered the Dharma at an early age, and began his formal education at the age of seven. At fourteen, he

since at least 4 BCE. According to the Artha-śāstra (a text dating back as early as the 2nd century BCE), a krośa or kos is about 200 meters or 0.125 miles

1963), also known as Dzamthang Tulku Chökyi Nangwa, came to India from Amdo in the early 1990's. He is considered an incarnation of Tshalmin Sonam Sangpo

reincarnation of Gyalsé Shenpen Thayé, an influential Nyingma master of the early 19th century associated with the Longchen Nyingthik teachings and Dzogchen

born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College

until 1955, he mainly practiced in closed retreat. In 1959 he fled Tibet for India where he first spent two years on retreat. Then he went to Japan to teach

Rinpoche has been trained in that family tradition by his father since an early age. The first Tsoknyi Rinpoche was an emanation of Milarepa's disciple,

Kagyu masters very closely associated with the Karmapas. The seat of the early Pawo incarnations was a monastery called Lhalung (lha lung) and at Sekhar

Uddiyana (u rgyan), (o rgyan). The country to the north-west of ancient India where Guru Rinpoche was born on a lotus flower. The literal meaning of Uddiyana

northern India, Summer 1993. In Norway, August 1995—June 1996. In Lahul-Spiti in northern India and in Tibet, June-August 1996. In South India and Nepal

said to have taken place at Deer Park in Sarnath near Varanasi in northern India, to an audience of shravakas. It consisted of the teaching of the Four Noble

even heard the word "Jonang" in his life. However, Yumowa is an important early forefather of this school insofar as he expressed much the same views about

U - V - W - X - Y - Z - Fa hien - Chinese pilgrim who visited India and Sri Lanka early in the fifth century, returning with a complete Vinaya. [RY] Fabricated

& (sba bzhed zhabs brtag ma). Early chronicles from the ninth century. Published by Shes-rig Par-khang, Dharamsala, India, 1968.

principal translator for both teachers. Cyrus lived for about eight years Nepal, India and Southeast Asia. he has often translated for Tibetan teachers of all traditions

Population - 1.4 Million (Town & Region) Religion - Muslim Tocharians - Early Indo-European culture Kingdom of Khotan Kushan Empire Han conquest - 73 A

present state of Himachal Pradesh in the northern part of India. Kingdom associated with the early transmission of the Tantra; home of Shantarakshita; also