From the Heart of Tibet The Biography of

This is the story of a young boy, born in Tibet to inherit the role of Buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the Chinese army invasion and the ensuing Cultural Revolution. Two decades later, he walked out of Tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Since then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world-after nearly being lost.

Elmar 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.

Foreword by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama	p. vii
Foreword by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa	p. ix
Foreword by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche	p. xi
Prologue	p. 1
In Search of the Precious Jewel	p. 5
Family and Childhood in Lhasa	p. 13
On the Throne in Drikung: The Brilliance of a World in Decline	p. 25
Tutors and Storytellers: Early Years in the Monastery	p. 46
Inside the Mandala	p. 61
Tibet at the Abyss: Rebellion and Oppression	p. 77
In the Grip of the Chinese: Humiliation and Indoctrination	p. 88
School Years under the Red Banner	p. 99
Theater of Cruelty: The Cultural Revolution in Lhasa	p. 117
The Death of Sanity: Red Guards, Rebels, and Reactionaries	p. 129
On the Run, Alone	p. 151
The Burden of Freedom	p. 164
Spiritual Genealogy: The Throne Holders of Drikung	p. 183
A Noble Being's Promise	p. 200
Absorption and Withdrawal: Dreams, Studies, and Retreats	p. 210
Concentration and Development: Realizing the Visions	p. 226
Master of Dependent Arising	p. 243
The Music of Awakening	p. 273
Acknowledgments	p. 283
Appendix: The Throne Holders of the Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism	p. 287
Notes	p. 291
Bibliography	p. 303
Photography Credits	p. 309
Index of Names and Places	p. 311
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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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