3 Audio CDs, Tibetan with English translation
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche was born in 1934 to a nomad family from Nangchen, Kham in Eastern Tibet. At an early age, he trained with one of his root teachers, Lama Zopa Tarchin. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso embraced the life of a yogi-ascetic. For five years he wandered throughout Tibet, undertaking intensive, solitary retreats. He often lived in charnel grounds in order to practice and master Chod. Reaching Tsurphu Monastery, Rinpoche received pointing out instructions on the nature of mind from His Holiness, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa. Rinpoche was given key instructions on many teachings and other practices. While at Buxador Tibetan Refugee Camp in North India, he studied and mastered the sutras, tantras, and all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism; became renowned for his skill in logic and debate; and received from His Holiness, the 16th Karmapa, a Khenpo degree which is equivalent to the Geshe Lharampa degree from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso unites prodigious scholarship and intellect with great compassion. He also embodies the training and temperament of a true yogi. Rinpoche has no fixed abode, few possessions, and he has practiced for years in solitude, sometimes sealed in darkness. Like Milarepa, he is known for his spontaneous songs of realization that offer insight into genuine reality.
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