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Contents Foreword by H.E. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya 00 Preface 00 List of Illustrations 00 Maps 00 Part I: Life in the Old World 1. First Years at Tharlam 00 2. Early Studies under Gatön Ngawang Lekpa 00 3. First Scholastic Studies under Shenga Rinpoche at Jyekundo 00 4. Initial Recognition as a Trulku 00 5. Journey to Derge and First Studies of Sanskrit 00 6. Studies under Jamgyal Rinpoche and Khunu Lama 00 7. Travel to Horkhok and Lithang Dezhung 00 8. The Two Previous Incarnations in the Dezhung Trulku Line 00 9. Final Studies in Derge 00 10. Further Studies under Gatön at Tharlam and Enthronement as Gatön's Successor 00 11. Second Visit to Dezhung and the Death of Gatön 00 12. Four Years in Minyak 00 13. Pilgrimage to Sakya and the Holy Sites of Mila Repa 00 14. Great Offerings at Sakya and Ngor 00 15. Sojourn at Sakya and Travel to Serdokjen and Lhasa 00 16. Return to Kham, Teaching among the Nomads, and a Visit from the Sakya Dagchen Jigdral and Dagmo 00 17. A Second Visit to Minyak 00 18. The Activities of Khenpo Kangshar and the Death of Surmang Rolpay Dorje 00 19. Flight from Kham to Central Tibet 00 20. Flight from Lhasa to Bhutan and India 00 21. The First Year of Exile in India 00 Part II: Life in Exile 22. Arrival and First Months in America 00 23. Collaborators and Friends at the University of Washington 00 24. Misunderstandings at the University 00 25. Further Instruction of Gene Smith 00 26. Adapting to a Long-Term Stay 00 27. Buddhist Students and Scholars in Seattle in the Late Sixties 00 28. Final Years at the University 00 29. Beginnings of a Public Buddhist Teaching Career in North America 00 30. Founding a Buddhist Center in Seattle 00 31. Teaching Activities in Seattle and Canada and the First Dharma Center House 00 32. Visit to New York as Translation Collaborator 00 33. The Second Year in New York 00 34. Travels and Teachings on the West Coast 00 35. A Second Visit to New York 00 36. Establishment of the Cambridge Center and Further Teachings 00 37. Return to India and the Beginning of the Tharlam Temple in Nepal 00 38. The Journey to Southeast Asia 00 39. Return to North America and a Visit to Taiwan 00 40. Final Visits to the East and West Coasts 00 41. The Second Journey to Nepal 00 42. His Final Year 00 43. Epilogue 00 Appendices A. Dezhung Rinpoche on Buddhism without Sectarianism 00 B. Previous Attempts and Main Sources for the Biography 00 C. A Brief Autobiography of Dezhung Rinpoche. 00 D. Dezhung Rinpoche's Influence upon Non-Tibetan Scholars 00 E. Dezhung Rinpoche's Ancestry 00 F. Gakhok, Dezhung Rinpoche's Place of Birth: Historical Notes 00 G. Dezhung Rinpoche's Daily Schedule of Meditation 00 H. Invitations to Teach the Path with Its Fruit 00 I. The Life of Kalu Rinpoche 00 J. The Writings of Dezhung Rinpoche 00 Notes 00 Glossary of Tibetan Names and Words 00 Bibliography 00 Index 00
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Kunga Tenpay Nyima, Deshung Rinpoche, 1906-1987, Sa-skya-pa lamas Biography, Buddhist monks China Tibet Biography