Brilliant Moon - The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse

397 Pages·2008·11.566 MB·English

by  Dilgo Khyentse, Ani Jinba Palmo, Michael Tweed

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Contents
Forewobrytd h Dea lLaaim a vii
ForewobryDd z ongsKhayre ntsruen poche ix
ForewobrySd o gyruanlp oche xxviii
ForewobrySd h echReanb jarumn poche xliii
TranslaPtroerf'asc e xlvii
PARTO NE.T HEA UTOBIOGRAPHY
1.M y EarYleya rs 3
2.My Studies 24
3.M eetiMnyg R ooTte acher 42
4.My Enthronement 58
5.Y earnfionRrge treat 71
6.Th eR eincarnaotfMi yo nG uru 90
7.T eachiwnigtsKhh y entsCeh i:ikyiL odro 102
8.V isioannsdR ediscovTerreeads ures 141
9.Vi sitiLnhga saan dL ifienE xile 150
PARTTw o.R ECOLLECTIONS
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ilartlhyel, i osftt eachitnhgesry e ceiivsse odl ongo,n ew ondehrosw t hey
coulhda vdeo nea nythienlgsa enjd y etth eayl sgoa vaen i ncredniubml­e
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in onel ifetime.
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DZONAGRKS HYENRTNISPEO CHE
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teachreercso,u ntthiienm gp orteavnetn otfts h eliirv aensds haripnegr sonal
memorioefts h em1hi.s waRisn pochei'dseo affu n,a ndf otrh osweh ow ere
fortunaatnedw iseen ougthop articiepvaettnhe ir,se creationaolfh iasc tivity
wast remendously beneficial.
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thapnu rpee rceptmiaonnyp, e oprleea ditnhgiw si llp robaibmlayg itnhea t,
becauIsm'e o neo fRinpochset'usd eanntdws a nt ptroo mohimte, I a me xag­
gerathiinesgx traordqiunaalriyat nidea sc complishMmye fnetasir.sq uite
theo pposiIt'emw: o rritehdaI t' mu ndersttahteimna,gst heraer nee ither
enougwho rdnso,ri st heerneo ugthi maed equattoeb leay b lteod escrtihbee
fulls copoefh iasc hievemIeh notpste.h aetv entualsloym eo ft hmeo rev i­si
blhea ndproifnt thsig sr emaatn w ilble comken owmno rwei desloyt ,h atth e
worlwidll havaen o pportutnoai ptpyr echimi atmoer efu lliynt he future­
perhaipnts h es am�w ayi tr ediscovLeeorneadr ddaoV mcic enturaftieers
hed ied.
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autobiogorfaKh pyheyn tsRinep ocheo,n t heo neh anIdw aso verjotyoe d
havbee ecno nsidewroerdt hoyft het aswkh,i loent heo therh andIb egan
FOREWORD xi
tow orryw,e lalw arteh awth atevIwrie tre ,I wil l onlyb ea blteoo ffear par­
tigallim pseo ft hiesx traordbieniarynI gtr. e mindmeedo fal lth oset imeIs
beggJeadm yaKhnyge ntsCeh okyiL odroo'lsda ttendTaansthN,ia mgyalt,o
temlela boutth lei offem yp redeceIstws aosalr w.a yvse rfryu strating because
TashNia mgyal woulrde spotnomd y e ageqru estiowniitnvhgi rtsuiall ence
sincheef elwth atevheesr a icdo ulodn lbye m isleadIih nagvm.eu chm ore
sympatfhoyhimr todaaysI fi ndm yseflafC ienxga ctthlseya mper oblem.
In writintgh ipsi ecIae m o fferianngi ntrodutcota inio nnt rodutcot ion
KhyentRisnep ochaen,df rowmh aIt' vlee arneodf Vajrayana Btuhded hism,
acotf i ntroducptiaornt,i cuolfaa g rluyr iuso, f t huet moismtp ortaWnhciel.e
followoeftr hsVe a jraytarnaad iatriteoa nu gthots eteh egiurr aus t heB ud­
dha-anidit s b elietvheatdth ousaonfbd usd hda wisl la ndh avceo met ot his
world-fionrd ivipdruaaclt itiiitoso n ueror wsn p ersognuarlwu h oi so fp ar­
amounti mportainn ocuers piriltiuvalhe es :thi eso new hoi nterwaicttuhss
direcctrley,a ctheaso isno uro rganiszaemds alriifcae n,de ,v einfh ed oesn't
managet od estricotoy m pletweillmyla, k ea tl eaasd te nitno urb loateegdo s.
Stricstpleyak inign,t rodUtChiegn ugr iust hee quivaloefni tn trodutchien g
Buddhaan,dn oa citcs o nsidteorb eeod f g reater Sigtnosi ofimceaonnocene
thsep iriptauthalTh. e refocroen,t ribaunti inntgr odutcott ihoiansu tobiog­
raphoyfo neo ft hmeo scte lebraantdbe edl ovmeads teorfhs i gse neraitsi,o n
Ib eliemvyec ,h antcoea ccumulaagr teead te aolfm erit.
If any ofy oua rheo pitnogr eawdo rldsltyo rfiueolsfld ramtar,i umcplhi,­
maxs,u spenrsoem,an cea,n ds oo np,l ealseegt o o ft haetx pectation because
youw ont'fi nds ucthh inwgist htihne spea geHsa.v insga itdh afrto,m a dif ­
ferepnetr specittial'vlshe e ret:hhe e artrendinogf r dernaumnac iatthieo n,
herotirci umopvhe prr iadne da ngetrh,ce l imaccotniqcu oefss te lfishbnye ss
planttihnsege eodf b odhhiaiatt ncdt hmeo vinrgo manocfet hceo mpassion
oft hiusn iqumea nw hosoenl yw iswha st og athteorh ihse araltls uffering
beinagnsdf owrh omt hne otioofne verre leaSaibnagn,d Onoirnr ge,j ecting
as ingloen eo fu ss impdliyd tne 'xisIdt o.u btth eraen 'osv etlh awti llo ffer
am ores atisfyianngdi nspiarcicnogu onftt h epr ofouinndn ejro urneoyfa
truly extraboeridntighn acanar nby e f ounidnRi npochea'ust obiography.
In genertahlpe,u rpoosfae s toirsty o i ntrodauc chea racatnedtr od escribe
hiosr h er upsd oawnndis n a w ayt harte adecrasni dentwiiftydh r,a iwn spi­
ratifroonm ,o rb ec autiobnyeRi.dn pochea'ust obiogirsan poeh xyc eption.
On thep atohf t heD harmaw ea ruer getdi maned againt or emembaenrd
recoutnhtlie f set oroifte hsme a steorfts h pea sBtu;d dhhiam selefn couraged