Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds : The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug

English

ISBN: 1583944923

EAN: 9781583944929

Category: Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan/History / Asia / China/Religion / Buddhism / General/

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Release Date: 10/16/2012

Synopsis: The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minis tells the remarkable story of Khyentse Ch?kyi Wangchug (1909-1960), a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher) and reincarnation of the great nineteenth-century master Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Author, Dzogchen Buddhist scholar, and internationally known teacher Ch?gyal Namkhai Norbu, Ch?kyi Wangchugs maternal nephew and disciple, and himself a high-ranking tulku, describes in intimate detail the important events of Ch?kyi Wangchugs life, his spiritual practices, and the challenges he faced at a time of vast change and political upheaval in Tibet. Maintaining his sense of equanimity and dedication to the Buddhist teachings while navigating the complexities of Tibetan religious hierarchy and the invasion of Tibet by Chinese forces, he was captured by the Chinese and died in prison in 1960. Upon his birth in 1970, the son of Ch?gyal Namkhai Norbu, Khyentse Yeshe, was recognized as the current reincarnation of Khyentse Ch?kyi Wangchug by H.H. Sakya Tridzin, the head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Book jacket.

Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds : The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.59 inches

Width: 5.59 inches

Length: 8.54 inches

Weight: 11.29 oz

Pages: 224