Buddha Shakyamuni Credit 1 Guru Padmasambhava Credit 2 Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa, 1308–1364) Credit 3 Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798) Credit 4 Statue of Patrul Rinpoche, said to bear an accurate resemblance, made by his close disciples Önpo Tenga and Mura Tulku. About a foot high, it was placed as a relic inside another statue at Gemang Monastery and is therefore no longer visible. (Photo by Khenpo Dönnyi, ca. 1997) Credit 5 CONTENTS List of Illustrations Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche Preface Introduction Beginnings The Palge Lineage Infant Patrul Patrul’s Root Guru Little Monk Patrul Takes On a Powerful Adversary The Palge Tulku Goes His Own Way Patrul the Scholar Do Khyentse Takes Patrul by Surprise » A Piece of Advice Patrul Tries to Offer Prostrations Patrul’s Teacher Demonstrates Clairvoyance Patrul Lectures Himself on His Practice Patrul Receives a Special Transmission The Boulder Reminder Patrul and the Paramita of Patience » Drive Them Off with Stones Patrul and the Prescient Monk Flowers Magically Appear A Robber Sets His Sights on an Offering of Silver Patrul on Having Things Patrul Practices in a Charnel Ground A Meeting of Two Minds “You’ve Ruined It!” Patrul’s Gift of Tea The Haunted Fortress Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu and the Harmful Spirit Patrul and the Three Dargye Monks Patrul Mentions His Past Lives Lungtok Meets His Root Master An Insight into Patrul’s Mind » The Crucial Points of Practice Patrul’s Offering to the Horseflies Patrul Finds His Limit Developing Empathy, Understanding Emptiness Lungtok’s Dream Patrul Introduces Lungtok to the Nature of Mind Lungtok Learns Backward Lungtok Practices in the Glacier Wilderness The Great Master Patrul A Monk Makes a Full Confession Patrul Waits in Line to Receive a Blessing Patrul Paints Some Tormas Patrul Passes Dargye Monastery Again Patrul and the Widow Patrul’s Teachings Inspire All Beings Patrul Acts as a Servant Patrul Takes Tea with a Little Girl Patrul and the Tossed Louse Just Sitting on His Bed A Tulku Has a Change of Name Patrul Tries to Meet Shabkar The Land of the Insect-Eaters Patrul Meets an Exemplary Monk Patrul’s Dedication to Practice Patrul Pacifies a Blood Feud Patrul Practices in the Ari Forest Wilderness Patrul and the Venue of Vultures Patrul Practices Tummo in a Blizzard Lungtok’s Mother Patrul Gives Teachings in the Forest Far-Reaching Effects of Patrul’s Teachings Lungtok and the Bandit Chief Do Khyentse’s Hospitality The Gift From Lungtok’s Mother “That’s It!” Adzom Drukpa’s Dilemma Patrul Is Asked to Bestow Special Teachings Visible Effects of Yoga Animate and Inanimate Dances Patrul Laughs Over an Old Man’s Corpse Nine Brothers Delight Patrul Patrul Reads Tertön Sogyal’s Mind Patrul’s Miraculous Recovery Patrul and Chokgyur Lingpa Patrul Expresses Confidence in Chokgyur Lingpa Patrul’s Pointing-Out Instruction for an Old Nomad
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