Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teachings of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley DorjeAs the second millennium drew to a close, the Seventeenth Karmapa leapt from the roof of his monastery in Tibet. Evading his Chinese guards, the fourteen-year-old spiritual leader began a grueling, dangerous journey to India. The Karmapa's picture has appeared all over the world since then, yet his own words are hard to find. Now for the first time in print, Music in the Sky offers a series of the Karmapa's profound teachings an extensive selection of his poetry and a detailed and gripping account of his life and flight from his homeland. Readers will be captivated by this wonderfully accessible and profound book. Music in the Sky concludes with brief biographies of all sixteen previous Karmapas, specially composed for this collection by the highly respected Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Here the reader will discover the compelling histories of the first Tibetan masters to be recognized as reincarnate lamas. Music in the Sky presents a definitive portrait of the Seventeenth Karmapa, strengthened and illuminated by an authoritative depiction of his place in one of the world's most revered lines of spiritual teachers. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Return to Tsurphu | 35 |
Visions and Rainbows | 53 |
Copyright | |
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Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teachings of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa ... Michele Martin No preview available - 2003 |
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activity appear arise attain auspicious benefit blessing bodhichitta bodhisattva Buddha Buddhist calm abiding ceremony Chenrezik compassion Dalai Lama Dargye deep insight deity Dharamsala Dharma disciples Döndrub Dorje Drupön Dechen Dusum Khyenpa empowerments emptiness escape full awakening Gampopa Guru Rinpoche Gyaltsap Rinpoche Gyalwa Karmapa happiness Holiness India Jamgön Kongtrul jeep Kagyu lineage Karma Karma Kagyu kayas Khenpo Lama Nyima Lama Tenam Lama Tsultrim Lama's letter Lhasa living Lodrö mahamudra Mahayana mantra master meditation Milarepa monks mountain nature of mind Nenang Lama Nenang Monastery Nepal Nyingma offered Ogyen Palden path Pawo Rinpoche Pema phenomena poche practice prayers Rangjung realization reincarnation retreat Rinpoche's Rumtek Monastery samsara seventeenth Karmapa shrine hall Sidhbari Sikkim sixteenth Karmapa song stupa suffering Tashi teacher teachings Tenzin texts Thrangu Rinpoche Thubten Tibet Tibetan tradition Trinley Tsewang Tsurphu Monastery tulku ultimate vajra Vajrayana verse wisdom yangsi Yeshe young incarnation