tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post112774681564297553..comments2023-12-19T08:22:59.570-08:00Comments on Blazing-Splendor: The Big White Gompa in Boudha, ca 1978Erik Pema Kunsanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15065281671070441076noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post-2173987881185823782018-10-08T19:32:10.125-07:002018-10-08T19:32:10.125-07:00Picture was taken in the first months of 1978.
Di...Picture was taken in the first months of 1978. <br />Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was residing at the White Gonpa (or "Tulku Urgyen's Gonpa") and for most of this time giving the transmission of the Chokling Tersar. During the three or four months Rinpoche was there, he lived in the main temple, more or less for the entire duration. When he came down from the teaching throne in the late Jakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947768633274220586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post-66953394600471657292016-09-11T22:46:17.599-07:002016-09-11T22:46:17.599-07:00Dear Shiriin.
Yes, I do. Nagi Gompa looks exactly...Dear Shiriin.<br /><br />Yes, I do. Nagi Gompa looks exactly like his monastery in Nangchen and also like the retreat center at Dzong-go Ling, which in Blazing Splendor is named Fortress Peak.Erik Pema Kunsanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065281671070441076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post-24894255019167309942016-08-28T22:04:12.672-07:002016-08-28T22:04:12.672-07:00Dear Erik
Do you have any more info about the fou...Dear Erik<br /><br />Do you have any more info about the founding of the Boudha gompa or even Nagi gompa? I'm particularly interested in how Tulku Urgyen decided upon the layouts and architectural aspects, what his influences were (texts, his home monastery?) and from whom advice was sought for the design.<br />Is there anyone still around who knows about this side of things?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post-1128349797480050622005-10-03T07:29:00.000-07:002005-10-03T07:29:00.000-07:00Wouldn’t you agree that the true scientific attitu...Wouldn’t you agree that the true scientific attitude consist in the willingness to discover. You have to be open to possibilities that lie beyond what you already know. And the opposite of that – being close-minded -- is actually unscientific and would hamper any kind of real progress. If we look at the horizon of the newborn infant, it has to be able to broaden as it grows up. The magical world Erik Pema Kunsanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065281671070441076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12855129.post-1127926650098402672005-09-28T09:57:00.000-07:002005-09-28T09:57:00.000-07:00Hummm, this is a question not related to this entr...Hummm, this is a question not related to this entry, but I wanted to ask you about a comment someone, I think it was you, made last night in Boston, re Rinpoche saying that he wanted to meet more scientists, because they had clear minds and were not superstitious-if i have remembered correctly.<BR/>I have been involved in the work of the Mind and Life foundation, so I am especially interested in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com