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From the heart of Tibet : the biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the holder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage / Elmar R. Gruber ; forewords by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the Gyalwang Drukpa, and Garchen Rinpoche.

By:

Gruber, Elmar, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Boston ; London : Shambhala, 2010.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xii, 318 pages : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781590307656 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Uniform titles:

Aus dem Herzen Tibets. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

294.3/923092 B 22

LOC classification:

BQ946.E494 G7813 2010

Summary: This is the story of a young boy, born in Tibet to inherit the role of Buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the Chinese army invasion and the ensuing Cultural Revolution. Two decades later, he walked out of Tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Since then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lost. - from Amazon.

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Title notes ( 2 )

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Lindholme Hall Library General stacks	Vajrayana	532 GRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2500242
Book	Lindholme Hall Library General stacks	Vajrayana	532 GRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2500236

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.

This is the story of a young boy, born in Tibet to inherit the role of Buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the Chinese army invasion and the ensuing Cultural Revolution. Two decades later, he walked out of Tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Since then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lost. - from Amazon.