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Lord of the Dance
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Contents
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Foreword / xi
Preface / xvii
Map of Central Tibet and Kham / xix
Prologue
Delog Dawa Drolma
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Tulku
Childhood battles • A delegation from Chagdud Gonpa • A fiery argument
• The move to Tenp’hel Gonpa • A nun from Lhasa •
My tutor • Visions • Manjushri practice • False accusations •
The terrifying Lama Wanga
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The Archer
The vision of P’hadampa Sangye • Chod, p’howa and an unusual transmission of Hayagriva • A target missed •
The birth of my sister
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Retreat
An inauspicious beginning to my three-year retreat • Daily schedule
• My mother’s death • My first major decision •
A terrible death • Dreams and visions • A test of
inner heat • Pride and its downfall • First encounters
with the great Jamyang Khyentse Chhökyi Lodrö
and Dilgo Khyentse • Debate
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Chagdud Gonpa
History of Chagdud Gonpa and its former tulkus • Procession to the monastery
• My divination • A shower of burning coals • Resumption of formal training
• Sechhen Kongtrul’s blessing and a wrong turn in meditation • Difficult vows •
Retreat with my stepfather
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Conflict and Retreat
Theft of my most precious dharma items • Robes abandoned and exit from Tenp’hel Gonpa • Gunfights in Tromt’har • My second three-year retreat
• A visit from Tromge Trungpa •
Trungpa’s death • The Chinese • A request
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Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage with the monks of Chagdud Gonpa • Ekadzati’s prophecy
• A massacre • The tightening Chinese vise •
Chamdo • Monks or highway rogues? • A vivid vision and mysterious warning
• A thwarted trip to Padma Kod
• More roguery • A momentous meeting with an
ancient nun • Mindroling Monastery
• An unhappy parting from my monks
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My Lama
Journey from Mindroling to Samye • Meeting with His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche • Mind nourished, body famished
• Lhasa • My root lama Khanpo Dorje • Forebodings about
the Chinese • Resettlement in the Kongpo region • Two
drubchhen ceremonies • Padma Kod at last •
Marriage
negotiations • Khanpo Dorje’s visit to Kongpo •
Chinese summons • The walk toward prison •
Escape into hiding • An interlude with
my new bride • Chinese attack
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Flight
Divination ignored • Nagaland • Confrontation at the border •
Protection by the Indian army • Chinese attack on the camp •
Twelve days in the jungle • A near drowning • Safe refuge
at the Indian military post • Dream of America
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In Exile
The camp at Missamari • At death’s door • Liaison to Dudjom Rinpoche
• An Indian train trip • A miscarriage of justice • Retreat at Tso Pema
• Red Tara • On the road in India
• The Orissa camp • Birth of my son • Divisiveness
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Partings
Splendid isolation in the high Himalayas • A strange cure
by an oracle • Song and sacred substance • Decision to
leave Chamba • Chhöling Rinpoche • Dissolution of
my marriage • Delhi and the poorest refugees •
Western connections • Malaria
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Nepal
Empowerments from Dudjom Rinpoche and Khyentse Rinpoche
• An important prophecy • Jane • A conversation with Dudjom Rinpoche
• Khyentse Rinpoche • California time change
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Return to Tibet
Letter from my sister • Chinese policy transitions • Tibetan Reception Committee
• Reunion with my monks •
Tenp’hel Gonpa and reunion with my sister •
Attempted execution • Forbidden teachings •
Tromt’har and Tulku Jigmed Namgyal •
Tulku Arig • Chagdud Gonpa • Protectors •
Enthronement ceremony • The oldest monk’s words •
Pilgrimage • Wu Tai Shan
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