Like a Waking Dream: The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub SopaSimon and Schuster, 2012 M11 20 - 349 páginas Among the generation of elder Tibetan lamas who brought Tibetan Buddhism west in the latter half of the twentieth century, perhaps none has had a greater impact on the academic study of Buddhism than Geshe Lhundub Sopa. He has striven to preserve Tibetan religious culture through tireless work as a professor and religious figure, establishing a functioning Buddhist monastery in the West, organizing the Dalai Lama's visits to the U.S., and offering countless teachings across the country. But prior to his thirty-year career in the first ever academic Buddhist studies program in the United States - a position in which he oversaw the training of many among the seminal generation of American Buddhist studies scholars - Geshe Sopa was the son of peasant farmers, a novice monk in a rural monastery, a virtuoso scholar-monk at one of the prestigious central monasteries in Lhasa, and a survivor of the Tibetan uprising and perilous flight into exile in 1959. In Like a Waking Dream, Geshe Sopa frankly and observantly reflects on how his life in Tibet - a monastic life of yogic simplicity - shaped and prepared him for the unexpected. His is a tale of an exemplary life dedicated to learning, spiritual cultivation, and the service of others from one of the greatest living masters of Tibetan Buddhism. |
Contenido
A Brief History of Tibet | 1 |
1 Life in Tsang | 13 |
2 Early Memories | 20 |
3 The History of Ganden Chönkhor | 27 |
4 The Beginning of My Life as a Monk | 32 |
5 My Relative the Ritual Specialist | 36 |
6 Living the Religious Life at Ganden Chönkhor | 40 |
7 A Young Monks First Two Teachers | 44 |
40 The Reting Affair and Other Troubles | 161 |
41 Being Named Tutor | 171 |
42 Finding Time for Practice | 174 |
43 Phabongkha Rinpoché and His Legacy | 178 |
44 Teachings from Other Great Lamas | 183 |
45 Vajrayoginī Retreat at Phabongkha Labrang | 187 |
46 What I Gained and Lost in Becoming a Tutor | 191 |
47 The Dalai Lama Takes Power and the First Exile | 193 |
8 Daily Assemblies and Classes | 46 |
9 Running Away from the Monastery | 49 |
10 Completing Ones Basic Education | 52 |
11 My Uncle and His Position in the Monastery | 55 |
12 Sustenance in the Monastery | 58 |
13 The Structure and Schedule of Education at Ganden Chönkhor | 62 |
14 The System of Philosophical Education | 65 |
15 The Status of Scholar Monks | 69 |
16 The Education of Scholar Monks | 71 |
17 My Teacher Gen Mönlam | 74 |
18 Taking the Kālacakra Empowerment the First Time | 76 |
19 Deciding to Go to Sera | 79 |
20 Getting My Parents Permission | 84 |
21 The Journey to Sera | 86 |
22 History of Sera Monastery | 90 |
23 Entry into Tsangpa Regional House and Sera Jé | 93 |
24 Tri Rinpoché | 96 |
25 Geshé Losang Chönden | 99 |
26 Geshé Ngawang Riksal | 102 |
27 Geshé Ngawang Gendün | 104 |
28 Gen Lhündrup Thapkhé and the Pure Monastic Life | 106 |
29 The Monastic Way of Life | 109 |
30 The Disciplinarians Lecture | 116 |
31 The Curriculum of Education at Sera Jé | 122 |
32 Studying and Teaching at Sera Jé | 124 |
33 The Structure of Debates at Sera | 128 |
34 The Jang Winter Session | 135 |
35 The Honor of Being Named Rikchung | 138 |
36 The Higher Honor of Being Named Rikchen | 143 |
37 The Different Grades of the Geshé Degree | 148 |
38 The Conferring of the Geshé Degree | 151 |
39 Gyümé and Gyütö Tantric Colleges | 158 |
48 Gen Lhündrup Thapkhé Is Appointed Abbot of Sera Jé | 197 |
49 A Gradual Transformation | 199 |
50 The Tenth Panchen Lama | 203 |
51 Debating the Dalai Lama | 205 |
52 The Tibetan Uprising of 1959 | 209 |
53 Deciding to Leave Sera | 215 |
54 The Beginning of the Exile | 218 |
55 A Brief Respite and the Long Journey out of Tibet | 222 |
56 Arriving in India | 229 |
57 Beginning Life as a Refugee | 233 |
58 From Assam to Dalhousie | 239 |
59 Learning to Live in Exile | 244 |
60 Trying to Keep Tibetan Culture Alive | 248 |
61 An Attempted Trip to Bhutan | 251 |
62 A Letter from His Holiness | 255 |
63 The Situation for Those Who Did Not Escape Tibet | 259 |
64 Going to America | 261 |
65 Our New Life in New Jersey | 266 |
66 Beginning to Teach in America | 270 |
67 Starting a Dharma Center | 275 |
68 His Holiness the Dalai Lamas First Visit to Madison | 279 |
69 The First Kālacakra Empowerment in America | 281 |
70 My Return to Tibet | 287 |
71 Meeting the Panchen Lama and the Passing of Gen Thapkhé Rinpoché | 290 |
72 The Recent Past | 295 |
73 The Future | 303 |
Table of Tibetan Spellings | 307 |
Notes | 319 |
Glossary | 325 |
Select Bibliography | 333 |
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