Yeshe Dorje : Cloud of Nectar - The Life and Liberation of Nyagla Pema Dudol

ISBN : 8878341282

EAN : 9788878341289

Cover : Paperback

Pages : 286

Size : 230 x 152mm

Publisher : Shang Shung

Published : 2013

Category : Biography 

Category 2 : Tibetan Buddhism: Dzogchen

 

Synopsis:

An annotated translation of the biography of Nyagla Pema Dudul, a 19th century Tibetan Dzogchen master and terton.

 

Born in the rugged eastern Tibetan region of Kham, despite an auspicious birth accomapnied by miraculous signs and prognostications, as a fatherless youth he suffered great personal loss, severe deprivation, and repeated violence. A social outcast, his early attempts to obtain spiritual instruction were cruelly thwarted. Time and again, after a vicious beating as he struggled to avoid starvation that claimed his brother's life, propelled by empathy even toward his attackers, he would renew his quest for bodily and spiritual sustenance.

 

Increasingly recognized for his spiritual attainments, he sought and exchanged teachings with some of the regions' leading figures of Buddhist and Bon learning and practice. Generously sharing his spiritual treasure, he gathered a large number of followers and founded Kalzang monastery, which survives to this day.

 

But despite his fame and spiritual influence, Pema Dudul never held a position in any religious hierarchy, choosing instead the austere yet joyous lifestyle of a wandering yogi and remaining in solitary meditation retreat for extended periods until, upon his passing, he attained the Rainbow Body.