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Mar 19, 2004

Chatral Sangye Dorje - a brief biography

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One day while visiting the grand master of Kathmandu Valley, the tutor of Katok Situ Rinpoche in residence, handed me a text he had writ...
Mar 19, 1996

Last photo of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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Last photo, by David Warren Blazing-Splendor: last days : One of the last photos of Tulku Urgyen waving from the window of his roo...
Nov 10, 1988

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche teaches at Nagi Gompa Hermitage

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Whether it was to a large group or a private audience of one or two people, Tulku Urgyen taught in exactly the same manner, there was no d...
Jan 17, 1987

Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-87)

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Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-87) By Shenphen Rinpoche. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-87) was a...
Oct 24, 1985

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche teaches a vajra song

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Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche was once asked to teach in Bodhgaya by Robert Pryor from Antioch University in Ohio, and he has been giving annual ...
Oct 19, 1985

Erik Pema Kunsang Among Masters: Interview with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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Our lord of refuge, in Kuala Lumpur, 1981. Erik Pema Kunsang Among Masters: Interview with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche :  Interview for Vaj...
Mar 8, 1980

The Karmapa performs the name-burning ceremony

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His Holiness' last Vajra Crown Ceremony  in Olfert Fischersgade, Copenhagen 1977. Photo: Benny Gunnø. The Karmapa of co...
Feb 10, 1980

Mingyur Rinpoche's first visit to Nagi Hermitage

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Mingyur Tulku with Ivy, his maternal grandmother and Erik, 1980. On the same day that I received the pointing out instruction fro...
Mar 20, 1978

Enacting the grand drama at the Great Stupa

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Our lord of refuge, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, flanked by Trulshik Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Enacting the grand drama at the G...
Jul 17, 1977

The Caves at the Lotus Lake

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Tsopema, the Lotus Lake at Rewalsar in the Himalayas. The simple caves above Lotus Lake, in Himachal Pradesh, are homes to a community ...
Aug 9, 1976

Empowerment, Reading Transmission and Guidance

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Wang, Lung & Tri Dudjom Rinpoche For the longest time I too had a very superficial impression of what an empowerment actually enta...
Jul 21, 1976

Dudjom Rinpoche visits Chanteloube in Dordogne 1976

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His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche visits Chanteloube in Dordogne while we were building the first retreat rooms. During this time I lived in ...
Oct 2, 1975

On the way to Shantiniketan: Bolpur Art Gallery

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Tulku Pema Wangyal, Seattle 1976. I wanted to improve my Tibetan, and asked Tulku Pema Wangyal where I should go to study. There were es...
Apr 14, 1975

Meeting Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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Orgyen Kunzang Chokhor Ling, the monastery of Kangyur Rinpoche. The first time I heard mention of Chokgyur Lingpa was in 1976 when Dilgo...
Apr 10, 1975

Darjeeling to see the Karmapa

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Darjeeling. Next I headed for Sikkim to meet the Karmapa. It was impossible to get an entry visa in Nepal, so I stopped in Darjeeling, a...
Apr 5, 1975

One thing is the most important to know

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Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche with Dzongsar Khyentse and Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, ca 1977 Chokyi Nyima had already taught me quite a few t...