Blazing-Splendor

A record of views and thoughts connected to Blazing Splendor, The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. This blog is intended as an exchange of views, impressions, ideas, inspirations, etc., etc., about Blazing Splendor.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Drawings of the early masters in the Dzogchen lineage

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Samten Gyatso was Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's main teacher and he was regarded as one of the emanations of the Indian master Vimalamitra. T...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Vimalamitra

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One of the most prominent historical figures in the Dzogchen lineage, and also in Blazing Splendor , is the amazing master Vimalamitra, a di...
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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche at Bright Hill in Singapore

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This picture was was taken at the Bright Hill Temple in Singapore, propably in 1990. The special costume Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche is wearing si...
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Saturday, September 02, 2006

Tsechu Gompa

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Here's a lovely picture of Tsechu Gompa from Adeu Rinpoche's website. Adeu Rinpoche met Tulku Urgyen when he was quite young as he d...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Tulku Urgyen in Singapore

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Lama Sherab Posel was kind enough to send us this picture of Tulku Urgyen that was taken during a trip to Singapore back in 1978.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Review of Blazing Splendor on Amazon

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This volume is wonderfully fresh and accessible. It is like sitting, listening to stories told by a dear friend or relative. There are charm...

The temple in Boudha

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A little more background and some new pictures from the early '70s (the text is from Blazing Splendor by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche): At the...
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Friday, July 07, 2006

Repeating the Words of the Buddha - back in print

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In Repeating the Words of the Buddha, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche unfolds the path to enlightenment, which is simply the gradual uncovering of the...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Blessings

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During a stay at Nagi Gompa in 1994 I had the opportunity to ask Tulku Urgyen the following: MT : I was wondering if Rinpoche could explain ...
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Monday, June 19, 2006

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche on "one mind"

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At present the state of ordinary people is like pure gold covered with dirt. Our buddha nature is covered by temporary obscurations. One of ...
Monday, June 12, 2006

12 Trungpa Tulku receives the New Treasures

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Trungpa Rinpoche received the Abhisheka for Terser, an important terma found by the great Terton Chojyur (Chokgyur) Lingpa, given by the cur...
Saturday, June 10, 2006

Imprint in the Moon Cave

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Photo of Padmasambhava's footprint in the Moon Cave at Drak Yerpa. It was taken recently by Nick Dudka.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Early photo of Trulshik, Dilgo Khyentse, and Tengpoche Rinpoches

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This photo from the late 60s or early 70s was taken by Richard Tendzin.
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Friday, May 12, 2006

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche's Saturday Talks

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Back in 1983 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's oldest son began a weekly semi-formal gathering centered around a lecture, with questions and answe...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006

The film of Milarepa

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The father of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's reincarnation is not only the incarnation of Neten Chokling, an important lineage master mentioned...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Early photo of Dzongsar Khyentse, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

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We are very fortunate to be able to share this old picture of one of the teachers of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. It comes from the Kela Chokling...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Two excerpts about meditation by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche had a unique way of expressing the most profound points of training the mind in simple language. Here are two excerpts...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

New head of Lachab Monastery

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Just before leaving for Singapore, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche handed me a letter to translate. It had been written by Ngaktrin Tulku last year, p...
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Shri Singha

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Sorry not much of interest has been happening here for the past couple of weeks but Erik has been up in retreat at Nagi Gompa. Here's a ...
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Saturday, April 08, 2006

Review from Shambhala Sun

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Tulku Urgyen was a renowned Buddhist teacher who held the highest teachings of two Tibetan lineages and spent more than twenty years in retr...
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