My Crazy Tale: His Holiness

The Gyalwang Drukpa

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Progress in life has to be made on both the spiritual and mundane fronts. One has to be aware of every action in daily life from drinking tea, eating food, the way one relates with other human beings and animals, to dealing with the ecological environment. Self-development is the main goal of our life.

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• Publié par: Roli Books
• Date de parution: 19 avril 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789351941927
• Langue: English
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MY CRAZY TALE
 
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MY CRAZY TALE
His Holiness
THE GYALWANG DRUKPA

Translated by
LOBSANG THARGAY

 
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Contents

Foreword
Root Text
Introduction
1. Invocation
2. The Buddhist View: Is Mantrayana Possible Without Sutra?
3. Blessings of the Lineage: The Origin of the Drukpa Lineage
4. Innate Loving Kindness and Compassion
5. Entering the Path of Dharma
6. Retreat and Meditation
7. Faith in Ultimate Reality
8. The Essence of Guru s Kindness
9. Defilement of Black Offering
10. Recognition as a Reincarnation of Drukpa
11. Grave Consequences of Black Offerings
12. Remember the Guru s Kindness
13. Nirvana is Within Your Hands
14. Meeting a Qualified Guru
15. Root and Branch Teachers
16. Appearances as Example
17. The Ultimate Great Bliss
18. Crazy Thoughts
19. Supplication
 
A compilation of the explanations given by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa at different places and on different occasions, at the request of his disciples, on the verse composition My Crazy Tale by His Holiness, narrating his life story and experiences of spiritual practice. The original Tibetan transcript of the teachings was transcribed and compiled by Jigme Tingdzin Zangmo, and was translated into English by Lobsang Thargay.

The narrator of the content in this book is His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, the reincarnation of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje, founder of the Drukpa Lineage and the unmistaken reincarnation of the eleventh-century great Indian Saint Naropa.

In order to improve one s life one has to improve it on both the spiritual and mundane fronts. One has to be aware of everyday activities, from drinking tea and having meals to improve relations with other human beings, animals and the environment. Improving one s own life should be the main focus of our life story.
 

Foreword
This book is a collection of the explanations I have given about my life story entitled, My Crazy Tale. At the request of my disciples, I have given them the permission to publish it. I hope it will serve as an entertainment for the readers.
Gyalwang Drukpa
Pema Woeling Abode
Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, India
 

Root Text
 
A HO!
The mind is the door to everything:
Free from the net of errant duality
The primordially liberated dimension -
To this, the ultimate Guru
I sincerely pay homage.
To the Lord of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara,
To the sole protector, Mahaguru,
To Glorious Naropa and Tsangpa Gyare,
And to the continually incarnating teachers of the past,
I pay homage.
To the great teachers of the snowy realms
And emanations of former times,
To their play of knowledge and compassion,
Like the dancing reflection of the moon in water,
I pay homage.
They are the world s eyes,
And I take shelter in the blessings
Of their three secret dimensions (of body, speech and mind).
This, my humble tale, was composed
At the request of my friend Kunzang Tenzin.
These crazy ideas of mine
Are not important to recount,
But I jot them down anyway
As a joke, just to ruin your eyes.
The Lotus Lake in India
Was my birth place,
The great sacred spot of the Mahaguru
And the dance floor of the dakinis.
Who was present when I was born?
Padmasambhava s regent Dudjom Rinpoche was there
Surrounded by many male and female wisdom holders
Turning the wheel of the profound Dharma.
At sunrise on the auspicious tenth day,
During the performance of Padmasambhava s
Dance of the eight aspects,
At this wonderful moment,
Due to prior prayers,
I issued forth from the defilements of the womb.
Due to favourable karma
I emerged onto the lap
Of Zhichen Bairo, my father,
And so met the Dharma at the moment of birth,
And was blessed by a sign from Dudjom Rinpoche.
Due to past good karma ripening at this time,
I was quite happy as a child and,
Without instruction, I naturally had
A little kindness and compassion.
I have met many great teachers and studied many texts,
Easily getting the ultimate meanings,
But I still do not get many conventional meanings.
Maybe that is why it is said there is no end to what can be known.
Anyhow, I am glad to study and learn about everything,
But especially about my own practice.
If I do not become certain about it through listening and reflection
It is like having no hands and trying to scale a rock -
If I cannot grasp hold of the meaning,
I cannot properly practise.
So if you do not first listen and reflect,
But just stay in retreat to meditate,
You are like a lost helpless prisoner,
Knowing neither what to meditate on nor how.
Not knowing even the meaning of the word faith,
The chance of insight arising from practice
Is as rare as seeing a star in daylight.
These defects I have experienced myself
So I am quite motivated to listen well and reflect.
Whatever virtuous actions I have done
Are for the benefit of others and the next life,
So I avoid actions of self-interest and the eight worldly motivations 1
Glad that I am strong enough to resist such obsessions.
Whoever bestows teachings and empowerments
Should be cherished as your very own eyes.
If you insult the teacher s consort or attendants
It is obvious your realization is far away.
Watching the actions of your teacher
And hoping they will coincide with your wishes -
This will be the source of every misfortune,
So regard every action of the teacher as perfect.
This perfect view sounds great,
But it is rare to find anybody correctly practising it.
That is why the Practice Lineage is degenerating
And just adding numbers to the ranks of the vow breakers.
It is essential to grasp a vital point - What is it?
In the Pure Realm, Buddhas appear in perfect form
To train pure beings.
But impure beings like us
Have no chance to see a perfect Buddha,
Nor to hear his voice.
For beings like us could not be tamed
By the Buddhas of the past,
And that is why our present teacher was reborn
In ordinary human form -
To help tame us.
That is why our teacher s kindness
Is far greater than that of other Buddhas -
A kindness beyond reason and logic.
The point is this:
Buddha activity is beyond conception.
The import of this vital point really astounds me!
Lord of Great Kindness,
Sole Protector dwelling in my heart,
For a mind free from doubt, blessings come,
But for one plagued with doubts, there is no chance.
On this it is said, The Tantras and Upadesas both agree.
That is the counsel of Choje Ongpo,
And I have complete trust in it.
It is as if I have been given the wish-fulfilling jewel
By the saviour of beings,
Kyabgon Ontrul of Zhichen
Who is inseparable from my heart,
Filled with the three forms of faith.
This is my understanding.
These things are just a sketch of what I know,
Today s crazy ideas.
So please do not be bored by all this
And listen some more:
Toward the Great Lord Guru - my father and mother -
And towards his spiritual descendants and lineage holders,
I had natural single-minded faith, even as a child.
As a child, whenever I had good food and nice clothes
I thought they were bestowed on me
By my Great Father Padmasambhava.
These days, due to hindrances of