Compassionate Action

This is the first book to become available in the West by one of the most revered spiritual figures in South Asia. Included is a generous selection of his essays, as well as a biography and many photographs from throughout his lifetime.

Chatral Rinpoche, a yogi in his 90s, is one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He is one of the most revered spiritual figures in South Asia.

Foreword	p. ix
Editor's Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Chatral Rinpoche: The Life of a Legend	p. 1
A Reply in Three Syllables	p. 19
Chatral Rinpoche's Steadfast Commitment to Ethics	p. 23
An Interview with Chatral Rinpoche	p. 24
On Meat Eating	p. 31
The Compassionate Activity of Saving Lives	p. 37
"Thangtong Gyalpo's Aspiration Prayer for the Liberation of Fish"	p. 40
The Benefits of Saving the Lives of Other Beings	p. 42
A Brief Summary of the Benefits of Building, Circumambulating, Prostrating to, and Making Aspiration Prayers at a Stupa	p. 45
Helping Beings in a Degenerate Age	p. 53
"A Prayer to Avert Nuclear War"	p. 57
Places of Enlightenment: The Sacred Geography of Yolmo and Maratika	p. 61
The Melodious Tambura of Joy	p. 65
Dudjom Rinpoche: A Master-Disciple Relationship Comes Full Circle	p. 71
"The Bestower of the Glorious Fruits of Aspiration"	p. 73
"Prayer to Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche"	p. 76
Advice for Nyingma Practitioners	p. 79
Words of Advice	p. 91
"Prayers for the Long Life of Chatral Rinpoche"	p. 96
Dedication of Merit	p. 100
Appendices	p. 101
Notes	p. 107
Sources	p. 121
Index	p. 123
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