Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche

360 Pages·2017·36.41 MB·English

by  Matthieu Ricard (Author)

Buddha Shakyamuni Credit 1
Guru Padmasambhava Credit 2
Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa, 1308–1364) Credit 3
Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798) Credit 4
Statue of Patrul Rinpoche, said to bear an accurate resemblance, made by his close disciples
Önpo Tenga and Mura Tulku. About a foot high, it was placed as a relic inside another statue at
Gemang Monastery and is therefore no longer visible. (Photo by Khenpo Dönnyi, ca. 1997)
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche
Preface
Introduction
Beginnings
The Palge Lineage
Infant Patrul
Patrul’s Root Guru
Little Monk
Patrul Takes On a Powerful Adversary
The Palge Tulku Goes His Own Way
Patrul the Scholar
Do Khyentse Takes Patrul by Surprise
» A Piece of Advice
Patrul Tries to Offer Prostrations
Patrul’s Teacher Demonstrates Clairvoyance
Patrul Lectures Himself on His Practice
Patrul Receives a Special Transmission
The Boulder Reminder
Patrul and the Paramita of Patience
» Drive Them Off with Stones
Patrul and the Prescient Monk
Flowers Magically Appear
A Robber Sets His Sights on an Offering of Silver
Patrul on Having Things
Patrul Practices in a Charnel Ground
A Meeting of Two Minds
“You’ve Ruined It!”
Patrul’s Gift of Tea
The Haunted Fortress
Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu and the Harmful Spirit
Patrul and the Three Dargye Monks
Patrul Mentions His Past Lives
Lungtok Meets His Root Master
An Insight into Patrul’s Mind
» The Crucial Points of Practice
Patrul’s Offering to the Horseflies
Patrul Finds His Limit
Developing Empathy, Understanding Emptiness
Lungtok’s Dream
Patrul Introduces Lungtok to the Nature of Mind
Lungtok Learns Backward
Lungtok Practices in the Glacier Wilderness
The Great Master Patrul
A Monk Makes a Full Confession
Patrul Waits in Line to Receive a Blessing
Patrul Paints Some Tormas
Patrul Passes Dargye Monastery Again
Patrul and the Widow
Patrul’s Teachings Inspire All Beings
Patrul Acts as a Servant
Patrul Takes Tea with a Little Girl
Patrul and the Tossed Louse
Just Sitting on His Bed
A Tulku Has a Change of Name
Patrul Tries to Meet Shabkar
The Land of the Insect-Eaters
Patrul Meets an Exemplary Monk
Patrul’s Dedication to Practice
Patrul Pacifies a Blood Feud
Patrul Practices in the Ari Forest Wilderness
Patrul and the Venue of Vultures
Patrul Practices Tummo in a Blizzard
Lungtok’s Mother
Patrul Gives Teachings in the Forest
Far-Reaching Effects of Patrul’s Teachings
Lungtok and the Bandit Chief
Do Khyentse’s Hospitality
The Gift From Lungtok’s Mother
“That’s It!”
Adzom Drukpa’s Dilemma
Patrul Is Asked to Bestow Special Teachings
Visible Effects of Yoga
Animate and Inanimate Dances
Patrul Laughs Over an Old Man’s Corpse
Nine Brothers Delight Patrul
Patrul Reads Tertön Sogyal’s Mind
Patrul’s Miraculous Recovery
Patrul and Chokgyur Lingpa
Patrul Expresses Confidence in Chokgyur Lingpa
Patrul’s Pointing-Out Instruction for an Old Nomad