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 the Heart of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, Elmar Gruber, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 2010, 318 Pages, $21.95

Elmar R. Gruber, PhD, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1955. He is the author of twenty books that have been published in fifteen languages throughout the world. A longtime practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, he is a student of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche.

	Contents: From the Heart Of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche - the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage
	Foreword by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama	vii
	Foreword by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa	ix
	Foreword by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche	xi
	Prologue	1
1.	In Search of the Precious Jewel	5
2.	Family and Childhood in Lhasa	13
3.	On the Throne in Drikung: The Brilliance of a World in Decline	25
4.	Tutors and Storytellers: Early Years in the Monastery	46
5.	Inside the Mandala	61
6.	Tibet at the Abyss: Rebellion and Oppression	77
7.	In the Grip of the Chinese: Humiliation and Indoctrination	88
8.	School Years under the Red Banner	99
9.	Theatre of Cruelty: The Cultural Revolution in Lhasa	117
10.	The Death of Sanity: Red Guards, Rebels, and Reactionaries	129
11.	On the Run, Alone	151
12.	The Burden of Freedom	164
13.	Spiritual Genealogy: The Throne Holders of Drikung	183
14.	A Noble Being's Promise	200
15.	Absorption and Withdrawal: Dreams, Studies, and Retreats	216
16.	Concentration and Development: Realizing the Visions	226
17.	Master of Dependent Arising	243
18.	The Music of Awakening	273
	Acknowledgments	283
	Appendix: The Throne Holders of the Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism	287
	Notes	291
	Bibliography	303
	Photography Credits	309
	Index of Names and Places	311