| Foreword |
ix |
| Preface |
xi |
| List of Illustrations |
xix |
| List of Maps |
xxxi |
| Life in the Old World: 1906-1960 |
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| First Years at Tharlam |
3 |
| Early Studies under Gaton Ngawang Lekpa |
14 |
| First Scholastic Studies under Shenga Rinpoche at Jyekundo |
25 |
| Initial Recognition as a Trulku |
34 |
| Journey to Derge and First Studies of Sanskrit |
45 |
| Studies under Jamgyal Rinpoche and Khunu Lama |
54 |
| Travel to Horkhok and Lithang Dezhung |
72 |
| The Two Previous Dezhung Trulku Incarnations |
84 |
| Final Studies in Derge |
91 |
| Further Studies under Gaton at Tharlam and Enthronement as Gaton's Successor |
99 |
| Second Visit to Dezhung and the Death of Gaton |
113 |
| Four Years in Minyak |
124 |
| Pilgrimage to Sakya and the Holy Sites of Milarepa |
139 |
| Great Offerings at Sakya and Ngor |
153 |
| Sojourn at Sakya and Travel to Serdokchen and Lhasa |
163 |
| Return to Kham, Teaching among the Nomads, and a Visit from the Sakya Dagchen and Dagmo |
181 |
| A Second Visit to Minyak |
200 |
| The Activities of Khenpo Kangshar and the Death of Surmang Rolpay Dorje |
210 |
| Flight from Kham to Central Tibet |
218 |
| Flight from Lhasa to Bhutan and India |
228 |
| The First Year of Exile in India |
239 |
| Life and Travels in Exile: 1960-1987 |
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| Arrival and First Months in America |
249 |
| Collaborators and Friends at the University of Washington |
260 |
| Misunderstandings at the University |
273 |
| Further Instruction of Gene Smith |
281 |
| Adapting to a Long-Term Stay |
295 |
| Buddhist Students and Scholars in Seattle in the Late Sixties |
307 |
| Final Years at the University |
318 |
| Beginnings of a Public Buddhist Teaching Career in North America |
329 |
| Founding a Buddhist Center in Seattle |
339 |
| Teaching Activities in Seattle and Canada and the First Dharma Center House |
350 |
| Visit to New York as Translation Collaborator |
358 |
| The Second Year in New York |
364 |
| Travels and Teachings on the West Coast |
376 |
| A Second Visit to New York |
387 |
| Establishment of the Cambridge Center and Further Teachings |
398 |
| Return to India and the Beginning of the Tharlam Temple in Nepal |
405 |
| The Journey to Southeast Asia |
417 |
| Return to North America and a Visit to Taiwan |
427 |
| Final Visits to the East and West Coasts |
443 |
| The Second Journey to Nepal |
461 |
| His Final Year |
471 |
| Epilogue |
481 |
| Appendixes |
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| Dezhung Rinpoche on Buddhism without Sectarianism |
485 |
| Previous Attempts and Main Biographical Sources |
494 |
| A Brief Autobiography of Dezhung Rinpoche |
502 |
| Dezhung Rinpoche's Influence on Non-Tibetan Scholars |
504 |
| Dezhung Rinpoche's Ancestry |
518 |
| Gakhok, Dezhung Rinpoche's Place of Birth: Historical Notes |
522 |
| Dezhung Rinpoche's Daily Schedule of Meditation |
537 |
| Invitations to Teach the Path with Its Fruit |
539 |
| The Life of Kalu Rinpoche |
541 |
| The Writings of Dezhung Rinpoche |
547 |
| Abbreviations |
575 |
| List of Interviews |
576 |
| Notes |
578 |
| Table of Tibetan Words and Names |
691 |
| Bibliography |
721 |
| Index of Names |
739 |
