Born in Tibet

Born in Tibet

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Author: Chogyam Trungpa
Publisher: Shambhala
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 280
ISBN/UPC (if available): 1569571058

Description

An account offering a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a Tibetan lama.

Chogyam Trungpa - Meditation master, scholar, and artist - was identified at the age of only thirteen months as a major 'tulku', or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as the Trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period of intensive training in mediation, philosophy, and fine arts, receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958 at the age of eighteen. The following year, the Chinese Communists invaded Tibet, and young Trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture.

Trungpa's account of his experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot and spiritual head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships s with his teachers offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a Tibetan lama. The memoir concludes with his daring escape from Tibet to India., In an epilogue, he describes his emigration to the West.

Contents

Foreword to the 1995 Edition

Foreword to the 1977 Edition

Acknowledgements

How to Pronounce Tibetan Names and Words

CHAPTER ONE
Found and Enthroned

CHAPTER TWO
The Founding of Surmang

CHAPTER THREE
Dudtsi-til and Namgyal-tse

CHAPTER FOUR
My Childhood at Dudtsi-til

CHAPTER FIVE
In the Steps of the Tenth Trungpa

CHAPTER SIX
I Go to My Guru

CHAPTER SEVEN
Death, Duties and a Vision

CHAPTER EIGHT
A Many-sided Training

CHAPTER NINE
The Dalai Lama's Visit

CHAPTER TEN
Khampas in Revolt

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Lonely Vocation

CHAPTER TWELVE
Into Hiding

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Must We Escape ?

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
It Must Be India

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Refugees on the Move

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Traveling the Hard Way

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Days of Crisis

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Touch and Go!

CHAPTER NINETEEN
Across the Himalayas

Song of the Wanderer in Powo Valley

Epilogue

Appendix I The Administration of the Ka-Gyu Monasteries of East Tibet Monastic Finances

Appendix II

glossary

Index