num_pages: 400
description: Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study retreat and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoches life and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm brilliant and highly realized meditation master and teacher he was are deeply inspiring. The details of his early life and spiritual training reveal an authentic and human view of Tibetan culture as well as the hardships endured by the Tibetans who fled their country and reestablished their tradition in exile.The first part of this volume includes Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoches early life story told in his own words. The second half of the book comprises recollections by Khyentse Rinpoches wife; his grandson and spiritual heir Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche; Tenga Rinpoche; Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche; Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche; Kenpo Pema Sherab; the Queen Mother of Bhutan; Trulshik Rinpche; and Pewar Tulku.
language: English
title: Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
publisher: Shambhala