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Lord of the Dance: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama
Son of Dawa Drolma, one of Tibet's most renowned female lamas, Chagdud Rinpoche was recognized early in life as a tulku or incarnation of a realized master. Forced into exile by the Chinese invasion his was the last generation to inherit the highest teaching and methods of Buddhism in Tibet. This is his autobiography.
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248 pages
Published
December 1st 1992
by Padma Publishing
(first published January 1st 1992)
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An incomparable transmission of living dharma. A great blessing to have such an inspirational autobiography told with such candor and beauty, one is swept up into a revelry; just like Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche recounts as a boy, listening to the epic stories of Gesar told by a blind Khampa bard, imagining that great Buddhist warrior trembling thunder into the rolling meadows as he rode over the high land. The awesomeness of radiant primordial awareness is weft and wove throughout retelling, as dist
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Excellent true story, takes you from a more traditional Buddhist Tibetan family with miraculous experiences, through the struggles as a young lama fleeing the country and creating a new life in India. Easily readable by non-Buddhists, but interesting to Buddhists as well.
May 12, 2011
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It was interesting to read about growing up and training as a lama, and about the harsh conditions in Tibet. So foreign.
I learned a lot about the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and about how it's been since then (all terrible).
Often a little tough to follow, though, because Chagdud frequently digressed and then eventually meandered back to the point.
I learned a lot about the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and about how it's been since then (all terrible).
Often a little tough to follow, though, because Chagdud frequently digressed and then eventually meandered back to the point.
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