Lion of Speech : The Life of Mipham Rinpoche - Dilgo Khyentse

Lion of Speech

The Life of Mipham Rinpoche

By: Dilgo Khyentse

Hardcover | 24 November 2020

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A traditional biography on the life of Mipham Rinpoche--one of the greatest 19th-century masters from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of the greatest 20th-century masters.

Lion of Speech: The Life of Mipham Rinpoche offers a translation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's biography of Mipham Rinpoche, left behind in Tibet when Khyentse Rinpoche went into exile in 1959 and lost for eighty years before its discovery by an extraordinary stroke of good fortune. The biography is written as a traditional namthar, an account of the "life and liberation" of a man who is widely considered to be among the greatest scholars and accomplished masters in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. One of the striking features of Khyentse Rinpoche's account is that it downplays the "miraculous" aspects of Mipham's life and activities--perhaps as a means of bringing into sharper focus the effect that Mipham had on his contemporaries as a spiritual master, scholar, and teacher.

The second half of the book offers selected translations of Mipham Rinpoche's works that provide readers with a taste of his enormous and extremely varied output. The translations are from his works on Madhyamaka, buddha-nature, tantra, and the Great Perfection. Some are new translations and some are key passages from works that have already been published, including selections from Lion's Roar on the Buddha-Nature, Guide to the Wheel of Analytical Meditation, The Adornment of the Middle Way, The Wisdom Chapter, and White Lotus.

About the Authors

His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was a revered meditation master and scholar of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Industry Reviews
"I don't know what Nyingma students and practitioners would do today without Mipham Rinpoche. For me personally, there are few commentators on the wisdom teachings as clear and concise as Mipham Rinpoche. His commentaries stick in my mind long after I close the text. Any dedicated Nyingmapa will keep this volume close at hand."
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

"Jamgoen Mipham Rinpoche was one of the greatest upholders of the buddhadharma to appear in modern times, and throughout Tibet, his sublime qualities and incredible genius were universally recognized. Among his disciples were some of the greatest masters of our time. Indeed, the author of this biography, my own revered grandfather and root teacher, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, received the blessing of the mind-to-mind transmission directly from Mipham Rinpoche himself. . . . Those who are fortunate to read the writings of Jamgoen Mipham can now learn something of the author's life, and their faith in him will increase. I pray that through their study, reflection, and meditation, they will progress on the perfect path to happiness."
The Seventh Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche

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