Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, deceased
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) is recognized as one of the
greatest 20th-century masters of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the
first to bring the essential teachings of Buddhism beyond Tibet.
Born into an illustrious family, he took as the core of his own
practice the indivisibility of the three great traditions: the
Dzogchen view of primordial purity and perfection, the Mahamudra
view of mental non-doing, and the Middle Way view of holding no
mental constructs. After fleeing Tibet shortly before the Dalai
Lama, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche devoted the rest of his life to trying
to keep the spirit of the classical Tibetan spiritual system alive.
Blazing Splendor is a translation of the name he was given by the
head of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism, the name referring to
the qualities of a realized master. He was a teacher without peer,
who transformed the lives of those who came to him from the world
over, among them Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Tara
Bennett-Goleman, and Lama Surya Das.
Erik Pema Kunsang, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, is one of the
world's most gifted English interpreters of Tibetan. Since first
trafveling to Nepal from his native Denmark at the age of 20, he
has studied with and translated for more than 60 Tibetan masters.
He is the compiler of a 3,000-page Tibetan dictionary of spiritual
terms, "The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist
Culture.
Marcia Binder Schmidt, who lives in Katmandu, Nepal, and the U.S.,
was a long-time, close attendant to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Previous
publications include the compliation "Dzogchen Essentials," a
comprehensive and accessible collection of essential Dzogchen
instructions that combine study and practice.
Sogyal Rinpoche is the author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying" He lives primarily in France but travels extensively, giving
lectures.
Daniel Goleman is the author of "Emotional Intelligence" He lives
in Massachusetts, U.S.
"Compassion, wisdom, devotion and the innermost nature of mind--you
will read about all of these in this book. These stories and
memories imply that spiritual realization is really possible. This
is not simply ancient history, a phenomenon that happened in the
past in India or in Tibet. Thanks to masters like Tulku Urgyen
Rinpoche this living tradition of wisdom and spiritual awakening of
the Buddha continues right now in the present and is readily
available to people everywhere."
-Sogyal Rinpoche, author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying"
"Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was among Tibetan Buddhism's greatest
teachers of the 20th century. His memoir, "Blazing Splendor",
invites us to join him as he looks back over a life that put him at
the center of an unparalleled spiritual abundance. Through his
unblinking eyes we meet remarkable contemplative adepts. And
through the lens of his awakened awareness, we see the world from a
fresh, eye-opening perspective. It is a sweeping account that
shares with readers a world where miracles, mystery and deep
insight are the order of the day-a world as reflected through the
open, lucid quality of Tulku Urgyen's mind."
- Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence"
" Compassion, wisdom, devotion and the innermost nature of mind--
you will read about all of these in this book. These stories and
memories imply that spiritual realization is really possible. This
is not simply ancient history, a phenomenon that happened in the
past in India or in Tibet. Thanks to masters like Tulku Urgyen
Rinpoche this living tradition of wisdom and spiritual awakening of
the Buddha continues right now in the present and is readily
available to people everywhere."
-Sogyal Rinpoche, author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying"
" Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was among Tibetan Buddhism's greatest
teachers of the 20th century. His memoir, "Blazing Splendor,"
invites us to join him as he looks back over a life that put him at
the center of an unparalleled spiritual abundance. Through his
unblinking eyes we meet remarkable contemplative adepts. And
through the lens of his awakened awareness, we see the world from a
fresh, eye-opening perspective. It is a sweeping account that
shares with readers a world where miracles, mystery and deep
insight are the order of the day-a world as reflected through the
open, lucid quality of Tulku Urgyen's mind."
- Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence"
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