The Life of Shabkar Autobiography of a

Regarded by many as the greatest yogi after Milarepa to gain enlightenment in one lifetime...a source of inspiration to Buddhist practitioners and general readers alike.--The Dalai Lama

Matthieu Ricard became a Buddhist monk in the 70s.

Foreword, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama

vii

Preface

ix

Matthew Kapstein

Acknowledgments

xi

Translator's Introduction

xiii

Matthieu Ricard

A Celebration of Shabkar

xxxi

H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The Life Story

Introduction

3

(12)

Early Years

15

(12)

Renouncing the World

27

(12)

Meeting My Teacher

39

(10)

Retreat at the Hermit's Cave

49

(16)

Meditation at Tigress Fort

65

(30)

At The Heart of the Lake

95

(60)

Meditation at Mount Machen

155

(24)

At White Rock Monkey Fortress

179

(26)

Pilgrimage to Central Tibet

205

(38)

The Ravines of Tsari

243

(32)

At Mount Kailash

275

(74)

Pilgrimage to Nepal

349

(46)

Meditation at Lapchi

395

(52)

Return to Central Tibet

447

(38)

Return to Domey

485

(108)

Conclusion

541

(6)

Appendices

1 Introduction to the teachings dealt with in the biography

547

(10)

2 Shabkar's spiritual teachers

557

(8)

3 Chogyal Ngakyi Wangpo's ancestry

565

(4)

4 Kunzang Dechen Gyalpo and the Wish-fulfilling Gem, Hayagriva and Varahi

569

(8)

5 Shabkar's writings

577

(12)

6 Shabkar's disciples

589

(4)

List of Abbreviations

593

(2)

Glossary of Enumerations

595

(12)

Bibliography

607

(10)

Maps

617

(8)

Table of Songs, Letters, Teachings, and Major Events

625

(68)

Indexes

General index

633

(22)

Index of persons, deities, and sacred images

655

(24)

Index of places

679

(14)

Index of Tibetan works

693

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