Monday, October 31, 2005

Early picture of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in the Ipoh Cave

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Earlier in this weblog it was brought up that Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche may have been the first Tibetan Lama to visit Southeast Asia. At that ti...
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Friday, October 28, 2005

New Dimensions Radio highlights Blazing Splendor

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Michael Toms and his wife Justine recently invited us -- Daniel Goleman, Marcia Binder Schmidt and Erik Pema Kunsang -- to speak freely abou...
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Friday, October 21, 2005

view from Lachab - Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's monastery in Nangchen

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This picture was taken from the roof of Lachab monastery, the seat of the Ngaktrin tulkus and the young Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, before leavin...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Visiting the Vajra Throne, Bodhgaya

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After I finished my retreat I was able to go on several pilgrimages. First, I visited Bodhgaya, one of the most sacred places in this world....
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Sunday, October 16, 2005

Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse and Khamtrul Rinpoche in Gangtok

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This picture is on of the earliest photos taken after Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse left Tibet. He is seated with Khamtrul Tenpey Nyima, the head o...
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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Tulku Urgyen's Great-Grandfather

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Tulku Urgyen's Great-Grandfather Chokgyur Lingpa was a major revealer of hidden treasures. His collected works comprise more than 40 vo...
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Friday, October 14, 2005

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - the youngest son

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's sixth son grew up under the tutelage of Situ Rinpoche in Bir and began a three retreat at age fourteen. Immediat...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Tsoknyi Rinpoche, the fifth son

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's fifth son is also a reincarnation of a lama related to him from his homeland. In Blazing Splendor we find the mo...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Mahasiddha.com: Fear and loathing in Tibet- Part One.

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Mahasiddha.com: Fear and loathing in Tibet- Part One. You may enjoy reading about Gesar. Shechen Kongtrul was a close friend of Tulku Urgyen...
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Tenpa La, the third son

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's third son was born to a close attendent of the Tsurphu Khandro, the great dakini of Tsurphu, and for many years ...
Monday, October 10, 2005

The Family Tree

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Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a really clear picture of how all the people in Tulku Urgyen's family were related? One that shows ...
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Saturday, October 08, 2005

Enlightened Poet -- Chokgyur Lingpa

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Within this natural knowing, a changeless sphere of ease, Eternal, all-pervasive – to meet such radiant a master! Face to face, each moment ...
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Mingyur Dewey Dorje, the 4th Chokling of Tsikey

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's Second son is an incarnation of Chokgyur Lingpa and was born from Kunsang Dechen, the same mother as Chokyi Nyi...
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Friday, October 07, 2005

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's oldest son

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During the recent tour of reading loud from Blazing Splendor, some questions have been raised repeatedly: did Tulku Urgyen have children who...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

The road to Bodhgaya

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The road to Bodhgaya is not level; there are moun­tain passes, valleys, rivers, precipices and so forth. No matter what your personal road i...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

The pervasiveness of the Dharma in Tibet

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Before continuing with my tale, I want to emphasize that the Dharma was remarkably widespread throughout the snowy land of Tibet. It so perm...
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro

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In Blazing Splendor we find so many times a mention of the great master Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro that we just have to know more about...
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Words from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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What is really valuable? Our precious human rebirth, this body, given to us by our father and mother. We have all our senses intact, we are ...
Friday, September 30, 2005

Chatral, Dudjom and Dilgo Khyentse, Rinpoches

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This is one of the most famously copied pictures in India and Nepal, yet rare to find in high quality. It was also a rare occasion to have ...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Rubin Museum of Art September 29 was SOLD OUT

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Blazing Splendor Book Reading event on Thursday, September 29, 2005 in New York City at 7:00pm at the Rubin Museum of Art was SOLD OUT See t...
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