Born in Tibet
The author was identified at the age of 13 months as a "tulku", or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as "Trungpa tulkus", he underwent a period of intensive training in meditation, philosophy and fine arts, receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958, at the age of 18. This is the story of these early years, and how the young Trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture as he fled from the Chinese…
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- Full title :Born in Tibet / by Chögyam Trungpa as told to Esmé Cramer Roberts ; with forewords by the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Marco Pallis.
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The author was identified at the age of 13 months as a "tulku", or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as "Trungpa tulkus", he underwent a period of intensive training in meditation, philosophy and fine arts, receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958, at the age of 18. This is the story of these early years, and how the young Trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture as he fled from the Chinese communists. the epilogue describes the author's emigration to the West and the Western thirst for Tibetan Buddhist knowledge and wisdom.
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- Publication Date:2000.
- Edition:4th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Shambhala
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Boulder, Colo. : Shambhala, 1977, ©1966.
The Physical Object
- Description:280 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781570627149, 1570627142
- oclc:ocm51671144
- LC Classification:BQ990.R867
- Dewey Decimal:294.3
Table of Contents
Foreword to the 1995 edition -- Foreword to the 1977 edition -- How to pronounce Tibetan names and words -- Found and enthroned -- The foundling of Surmang -- Düdtsi-til and Namgyal-tse -- My childhood at Düdtsi-til -- In the steps of the tenth Trungpa -- I go to my guru -- Death, duties and a vision -- A many-sided training -- The Dalai Lama's visit -- Khampas in revolt -- Lonely vocation -- Into hiding -- Must we escape? -- It must be India -- Refugees on the move -- Travelling the hard way -- Days of crisis -- Touch and go! -- Across the Himalaya -- Song of the wanderer in Powo Valley -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The administration of the Ka-Gyü Monasteries of East Tibet ; Monastic finances -- Appendix II -- Glossary.
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