Master of masters, visionary, poet, revealer of profound spiritual treasures, Dudjom Rinpoche was a paramount figure in the history of twentieth-century Tibet. He worked closely with the present Dalai Lama to reinvigorate Tibetan culture and spiritual practice following the Chinese invasion of their homeland. Nyingma masters and devotees, both lay and ordained, unanimously appointed him Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, and he served in this capacity until his death in 1987. He wrote poetry, music, history, and philosophy, and delivered unprecedented numbers of initiations and teachings. Written by a Nyingma master who served for several years as Dudjom Rinpoche's secretary, this biography celebrates a teacher whose hardships in exile did not diminish his zest for scholarship and practice.

Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of Kyabje Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsewang Dongya, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 349 pp, $ 34.95

Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, a teacher of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, was enthroned by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche as a master of this lineage. Scholar, author, and poet, he is the co-founder of Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, based at Padma Samye Ling monastery and retreat center in New York.

	Contents: Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of Kyabje Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
	Foreword by Her Eminence the Dudjom Sangyum Kuzhok Rigdzin Wangmo	7
	Author's Introduction	11
	Spelling and Other Conventions	27
	LIGHT OF FEARLESS INDESTRUCTIBLE WISDOM
	Introductory Verses: homage to the masters of the Nyingma lineage and a pledge to bring this biography to completion	41
	The First Heap of Lightbeams: Kyabje Dudjom's previous incarnations	47
	The Second Heap of Lightbeams: a brief account in Kyabje's own words of his birthplace and parents	57
	The Third Heap of Lightbeams: as predicted by the second buddha, Guru Padmasambhava, His Holiness takes birth in the royal clan of Kanam Depa	65
	The Fourth Heap of Lightbeams: early signs, recognition as the reincarnation of Dudjom Lingpa, and Kyabje Dudjom's enthronement	73
	The Fifth Heap of Lightbeams: Kyabje's exposure from an early age to the great teachers who bestowed the teachings, empowerments and instructions	79
	The Sixth Heap of Lightbeams: Kyabje Dudjom's impartial, beneficial activities for the teachings and beings	99
	The Seventh Heap of Lightbeams: a brief explanation of Kyabje's enthronement as a great terton and regent of Guru Padmasambhava and of how Guru Rinpoche and wisdom dakini Yeshe Tsogyal entrusted him with terma	179
	The Eighth Heap of Lightbeams: an enumeration of how he preserved and spread the teachings of the ancient great tertons through empowerment, transmission, and pith instructrion, and by emending texts that had been annotated incorrectly	197
	The Ninth Heap of Lightbeams: final activities of the precious nirmanakaya that terminate where all phenomena are exhausted in the true nature	207
	The Tenth Heap of Lightbeams: H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche's dharmakaya mind enters the dharmadhatu, the beneficial effects of his kuchung, and its installation in the golden stupa for the benefit of generations to come	217
	Eleventh Heap of Lightbeams: a brief list of his disciples	231
	Verses Dedicating the Merit of This Composition	235
	Colophon	243
	Appendix 1: About the Chronology	247
	Appendix 2: An Essay on Tibetan Poetry	249
	Notes	265
	Glossary	301
	Index of Text Titles	317
	Index of Personal and Place Names	327
	Individuals Referred to in the Text by Multiple Names	339
	List of Photographs and Illustrations	343
	Padmasambhava Buddhist Center	347
	Other Books by the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches	349