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Eight Classes of Herukas sgrub pa bka' brgyad

(vocab. of Shiecha Dzö translation):
1) che mchog (bdud rtsi yon tan), the deity of qualities
2) 'jam dpal sku (gzhin rje), the deity of body
3) padma gsung (rta mgrin), the deity of speech
4) yang dag thugs, the deity of mind
5) phur pa 'phrin las, the deity of action
6) ma mo rbod gtong, the deity of inciting and dispatching
7) bla ma rig 'dzin, the Master (when added these become nine)
8) 'jigs rten mchod bstod, the worldly deities of offering and praise.
9) dmod pa drag sngags, the wordly deities of exorcism. [MR]

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-'''Blazing Splendor''': The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
+'''Eight Classes of Herukas''' [[sgrub pa bka' brgyad]]
+*(vocab. of Shiecha Dzö translation):<br>  1) [[che mchog]] ([[bdud rtsi yon tan]]), the deity of qualities<br> 2) [['jam dpal sku]] ([[gzhin rje]]), the deity of body<br> 3) [[padma gsung]] ([[rta mgrin]]), the deity of speech<br> 4) [[yang dag thugs]], the deity of mind<br> 5) [[phur pa 'phrin las]], the deity of action<br> 6) [[ma mo rbod gtong]], the deity of inciting and dispatching<br> 7) [[bla ma rig 'dzin]], the Master (when added these become nine)<br> 8) [['jigs rten mchod bstod]], the worldly deities of offering and praise.<br> 9) [[dmod pa drag sngags]], the wordly deities of exorcism. [MR]
-===Publication Data===
+[[Category:Mahayoga]]
-*Kunsang, Erik Pema; Schmidt, Marcia Binder.
+[[Category:Vajrayana]]
-*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===
-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]]
-[[Category:Books]]