From the Heart of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage

Author:   Elmer R. Gruber ,  Dalai Lama
Publisher:   Shambhala Publications Inc
ISBN:  

9781590307656


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   10 August 2010
Format:   Paperback
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From the Heart of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage


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Author:   Elmer R. Gruber ,  Dalai Lama
Publisher:   Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint:   Shambhala Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781590307656


ISBN 10:   1590307658
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   10 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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&#160;&ldquo;Gruber skillfully narrates this story of survival and triumph over tragedy without embellishment or sensationalism.&rdquo;&mdash; Buddhadharma <br>&ldquo;Chetsang Rinpoche is one of the highest incarnate lamas, the head of a tradition. But he also experienced the life of an ordinary American. This is unlike any other biography&mdash;one sees how a neighborhood boy can become a great spiritual master.&rdquo;&mdash;Gelek Rimpoche, author of Good Life, Good Death <br>&ldquo;This is a fascinating, terrifying, moving, and exalting account of a truly great being&rsquo;s success in rising above adversity and making an outstanding contribution to a part of humanity under extreme pressure. I warmly recommend it to anyone who might like to discover a magnificent chest of treasures.&rdquo;&mdash;Professor Robert Thurman, author, with the Dalai Lama, of Infinite Life <br>&ldquo;This life story of an extraordinary Buddhist spiritual teacher and intellectual is thoroughly fascinati


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Elmar R. Gruber, PhD, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1955. He is a psychologist, an independent scholar and freelance popular-science writer, as well as a scientific advisor for radio and television in Europe. He is the author of twenty books that have been published in fifteen languages throughout the world. A longtime practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, he is a student of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche.

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