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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (17)
[Click here to get back to the beginning of this series.] 1.1.3.29. Ku ma rā dza and the Quintessence of Vimalamitra 1.1.3.29.1. The life of Ku ma rā dza (1266-1343) The main sources on the life of this master are as follows: (1) Rig ’dzin chen po Ku...
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Continuation of my memories on Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, n° 10
To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . Today, rather than giving the continuation of the “walk to the Gongpa zangthal,” I would like to report, in bulk, some “sayings” of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, most of which, as far as I remember,...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (16)
1.1.3.27. The departure of gSang phu In the biographies of Klong chen rab ’byams, what comes after the inventory of studies is the episode of the departure from gSang phu. If it is accepted that it was in 1332 that the author left this monastery, it is...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (13)
1.1.3.18. Shug gseb pa, a.k.a. Bla ma Ri pa, gZhon nu rin chen, gZhon nu rdo rje Klong chen pa was also a disciple of a master named Shug gseb pa. From this master he received the Three Cycles of Dohā, the Trilogy on Mountain Retreats (Ri chos skor gsum),...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (21)
1.1.3.35. Exile in Bhutan It is not surprising, therefore, that Klong chen rab ’byams had to go into exile in Bhutan when his patron Kun rin’s position collapsed. Guenther places the exile at Bum thang in 1359, at the time when sGom chen Kun rin of ’Bri...
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Continuation of my memories of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, #14
source of the illustration : http://www.khordong.de/DE/rinpoche/linie41 To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . I come to the year 1996, when Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche finally decided to give the transmissions of the Gongpa Zangthal....
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Continuation of my memories of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, #13
Source of the illustration : http://www.wandel-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/PHOTO-back-web.jpg To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . One day, Rinpoche told me that one of his disciples had heavily insisted that he recognize him as...
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A biography of Longchen Rabjam (23)
And yet, [now gathering] crowds of fortunate beings applying their efforts to what is deserving, whether many or few, three thousand or a hundred, he indifferently opened [all] the doors of the Dharma, according to the degree of understanding of each...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (22)
1.1.3.36. The return to central Tibet and the last years For Samten Karmay, not much time passed between Klong chen rab ’byams’ return to central Tibet and his death. The colophon of the History of the Dharma (Chos ’byung) attributed to Klong chen rab...
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Continuation of my memories of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, No. 17: the translation of Tülku Tsullo's Gongpa Zangthal Manual (Part I)
Source of the illustration: Facebook page KHORDONG WORLDWIDE. To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . I like this photo which, more than many others, reminds me of Chhimed Rigdzin as I knew him. This is exactly the expression he could...
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Continuation of my memories of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, no. 18: the time of the translation of Tülku Tsullo's Gongpa Zangthal Manual, continued
Source of the illustration : Page Facebook KHORDONG WORLDWIDE. To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . There were a number of working sessions with Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, but not so many. For example, he once asked me to come to Poland...
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What did Longchen Rabjam actually write and what is the chronology of his writings ? (3)
To get back to the first section of this series about Lonchen Rabjam's writings, click here . 1.2.1.4. Conclusive consideration of the general character of Klong chen rab 'byams' works by periods In the Quintessence of the Master (Bla ma yang tig), he...
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Longchen Rabjam’s doctrine (2) [adapted from Profusion de la Vaste Sphère (Peeters, 2007)]
To get back to the beginning of this series about Klong chen pa's doctrine, click here . As far as doctrine is concerned, to anticipate in a word a conclusion that I will have to demonstrate next, Klong chen rab ’byams differs from any other Tibetan philosopher...
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invocation de l’activité de Sipè Gyalmo à la mule rouge, tirée du Tantra Commentaire du soleil
Photo offerte par Christophe Moulin – elle doit dater à peu près de l'époque où cette traduction a été faite. Invocation de l’activité de Sipè Gyalmo à la mule rouge, tirée du Tantra Commentaire du soleil Cette traduction n’ aurait pu être faite sans...
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Memories about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (English version), 3
The previous chapter can be read here . To get back to the start of this series, click here . A few days after the rather disconcerting interview I reported in the previous chapter, the lama’s main French translator had to go back to his duties – so I...
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Memories about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (English version), 5
To get back to the beginning of this series, click here . After these reflections on the “crazy wisdom” as it was constructed by Chögyam Trungpa (with a certain genius) and then used by various neo-Buddhist lamas, let’s come back to Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche,...
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Memories about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (English version), 6
There are many things I remember about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, without necessarily being able to place them in a chronology - let’s say, logia from C. R. Lama, often at least as tasty in form as in content, notably because of his very peculiar English....
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Memories about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (English version), 7
The previous chapter is here . To get back to the first beginning of this series, click here . During the winter of 1991-1992 (I don’t remember well, maybe during the Christmas vacations?), I served as an interpreter for a week or more to Chhimed Rigdzin...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (12)
The beginning of this biography is here . 1.1.3.16. mKhan po or mKhon pa? He followed the teachings of yet another master, whom sMyo shul mkhan po calls mkhan po, the abbot. We read mkhan po ba in the mThong ba don ldan, and mKhon pa in Glag bla. mKhon...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (9)
[To return to the beginning of this biographical series, click here ] 1.1.3.12. The propitiation of Acala, Sarasvatī and Vajravārāhī The various biographies mention, at this point, that in the course of his studies Klong chen rab ’byams performed propitiation...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (6)
[To return to the beginning of this biographical series, click here ] 1.1.3.6. bKra shis rin chen [1] When he was sixteen (1323), he received from the master Rin chen bkra shis (sMyo shul chos ’byung) or rather bKra shis rin chen (mThong ba don ldan,...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (14)
[To read all this series from the beginning, please click here .] 1.1.3.22. Khro phu pa In view of all the occurrences of this name “Khro phu pa” in the Deb ther sngon po, it appears that there were three main ones: (1) one active in the early 13th century...
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A Biography of Klong chen rab ’byams (18)
1.1.3.31. Klong chen rab ’byams confers for the first time the consecrations of the Bi ma snying thig (1338) and obtains the texts of the mKha’ ’gro snying thig It was on the occasion of the first time when Klong chen rab ’byams gave the consecrations...
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A Biography of Longchen Rabjam (25) : The Main Disciples (second part)
Guru ’Od gsal rang grol: what is known about him comes from the few pages that sMyo shul mkhan po devotes to him (op. cit., p. 87-91). Born in g.Yor po gzhung, he became in his ninth year the disciple of a paradoxical yogin. Then he received the minor...
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Memories of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche: #20 (epilogue)
Source of the illustration: Facebook page Khordong worldwide. I was considering this series of recollections about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche closed, when my friend David Dubois added his memories to mine in an excellent - and amusing - article in The Cosmic...