The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography and Other Stories
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Have you ever wondered what one Buddha might think or say about another? Or how they communicate? Or how Buddhas describe each other? If you have, you might be interested in reading the biography of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, , one of the greatest of all Tibetan Buddhist masters and foremost torchbearer of the Rimé movement. The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was written by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s closest and most brilliant students who, in the process of recounting the life and liberation of his belovèd guru – in itself a blueprint of the entire path to enlightenment – reveals how he saw Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö as the Buddha in the flesh.
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö dedicated his life to the study, practice, and propagation of all the schools and lineages that are collectively known as Tibetan Buddhism. But what about Chökyi Lodrö the man? What was he like? And what was it like to live in isolation on the Tibetan plateau a hundred years ago? In his intimate, funny, poignant, and earthy stories, Orgyen Tobgyal paints a vivid yet tender picture of his teacher’s life and the challenges he faced, against the backdrop of the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö will be published on July 25, 2017, by Shambhala Publications. And, as Adam Pearcey wrote in his preface to the book,
It is to be hoped that … many more people will be touched by the exemplary life of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö—a truly nonsectarian master who not only lived up to but enhanced the reputation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s hallowed throne and, in so doing, helped to shape Tibetan Buddhism as we know it today.
The Master of Masters has long inspired me, deeply! I await the launch, with great and devotional love.
Gratitude, on Always!
Carmen
I have not bought a Dharma book in a while, having been content to study and review the teachings of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. But this book I will buy immediately. One of the treatises, short like a song, that Khenpo gave us from Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was his recounting of the many names given to buddha nature, and his questioning – how can anyone say they don’t have it? I recite it frequently and sometimes put it to song, it is so inspirational and uplifting.
Jim Lindsey, can you share the verses from Khenpo Rinpoche, from Khyentse RInpoche? I would love to have the text.
I am also a student of Khenpo Rinpoche.
Thank you,
Lindsay
Dear Rinpoche & the Khyentse Foundation Team,
With the reference to this upcoming new book on your previous Life, will the teaching on “The Light That Makes Things Clear: A Prophecy of Things to Come”mentioned in the website posted below be included ?
I would like to request for your kind help to advise the authenticity of the mentioned teaching of which i have come across quite a while back posted in the website below here for your easy reference.
Is it possible to request for your input of explanations or commentaries on the “Dates of the Events” stipulated in the said Text “The Light That Makes Things Clear: A Prophecy of Things to Come”, was revealed by the late ‘Jam-byangs mKhyen-brtse Chos-kyi bLo-gros (1896-1959).
https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=24063
“The singular work entitled The Light That Makes Things Clear: A Prophecy of Things to Come, was revealed by the late ‘Jam-byangs mKhyen-brtse Chos-kyi bLo-gros (1896-1959), widely known and celebrated as the “Master of Masters.” It was first translated into English in 1988, by Karma gSungrab rGya-mtsho, with the admonition that it be freely reproduced. We have elected to publish this work as received, with only slight editorial revision, as the translator prepared his version with the assistance of the late Khyentse Rinpoche’s learned students, and other qualified commentators. Our revisions cover matters of English expression; not content, which is unchanged, and basic meaning is left intact.
This work takes the form of a dialogue involving Shakyamuni Buddha, Ananda, Avalokitesvara, and Maitreya concerning events commencing 2026, and lasting through 2032.”
Thank you for your kind attention.
with metta,
lizzie
Congratulations, this will be a most interesting, inspiring, amazingly heart breaking and whole-healing, mindblowing ..Namthar…in the category of Blazing Splendor…I hope.
Under his blessings for all the time……
What a marvelous offering this is ! Thank you. May I always be attentive to receiving such blessing!