Light of fearless indestructible wisdom
Subtitle: the life and legacy of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
By: by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal ; prose translation and annotation, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal & Carl Stuendel ; verse and song translation, Toy Fung-Tung & Marie-Louise Friquegnon.
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781559393041
Subjects: Bdud-ʼjoms ʼJigs-bral-ye-śes-rdo-rje, -- 1904-1987; Rñiṅ-ma-pa lamas -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Gter chen Bdud ʼjoms ʼjoms ʼjigs bral ye śes rdo rje gar dbaṅ ʼgro ʼdul gliṅ pa rtsal gyi rnam thar ye śes rdo rjeʼi ʼod zer.
Description: "Master of masters, visionary, poet, revealer of profound spiritual treasures, Dudjom Rinpoche was a paramount figure in the history of twentieth-century Tibet. He worked closely with the present Dalai Lama to reinvigorate Tibetan culture and spiritual practice following the Chinese invasion of their homeland. Nyingma masters and devotees, both lay and ordained, unanimously appointed him Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, and he served in this capacity until his death in 1987. He wrote over two dozen volumes of poetry, music, history, and philosophy. In addition, he assembled and published texts which might otherwise have been lost and delivered unprecedented numbers of initiations and teachings to thousands of individuals." "Written by a Nyingma master who served for several years as Dudjom Rinpoche's secretary, this biography celebrates a teacher whose hardships in exile did not diminish his zest for scholarship and practice. "I, the tiger, do not need a rich mansion," he wrote after leaving Tibet. "The tiger's forest thickets are my rich mansion.""--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.