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The Path of Compassion: A Biography of Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche

The Path of Compassion brings together an introduction to the Nyingma lineage, the early part of Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche's life and his Dharma activities, public teachings, and practice chapters across 36 entries.

Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche36 chapters
Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche in red robes seated on a highland grassland, with a valley and settlement behind him.

Complete contents

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Front Matter

  1. Preface
  2. A Liturgy That Gathers in One Place the Words of Blessing of the Guru Who Ripens the Wise and Perfects the Virtuous
  3. Contents and Reference Photographs

Part One

  1. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition
  2. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Overview
  3. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Compilation of the Sutric and Tantric Scriptures
  4. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Three Exceptional Inner Tantras
  5. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Mind-to-Mind Lineage of the Buddhas
  6. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Symbolic Lineage of the Vidyādharas: The Lineage of Human and Nonhuman Vidyādharas
  7. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Nonhuman Vidyādhara Lineage
  8. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Mahāyoga
  9. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Anuyoga
  10. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Atiyoga
  11. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Oral Lineage
  12. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Transmission of Sūtra and Tantra in Tibet
  13. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Origins of the Nyingmapa
  14. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Three Inner Yogas of the Old Translations
  15. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — The Kama of the Sūtra Section
  16. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Lineage Masters
  17. Part One: An Introduction to the Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition — Texts of the Sūtra Section

Invocation

  1. Invocation: A Song Calling the Guru from Afar

Part Two

  1. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter One: Family and Birth
  2. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Two: Learning and Growth
  3. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Three: Search and Recognition
  4. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Four: Teaching the Dharma and Benefiting Beings
  5. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Five: Exceptional Service and Vast Offerings
  6. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Six: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche's Successive Reincarnations and Emanations
  7. Part Two: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche — Chapter Seven: Exceptional Deeds

Teachings

  1. Teachings — Chapter One: Hor shul Khenpo Gelek Palsang Rinpoche Recounts Stories of the Elder Practitioners of Hor shul
  2. Teachings — Chapter Two: Teachings
  3. Teachings — Chapter Three: Questions and Answers
  4. Teachings — Chapter Four: Instructions

Practice

  1. Practice — Chapter One: Meditation Guidance
  2. Practice — Chapter Two: The Three Supreme Methods (Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok)
  3. Practice — Chapter Three: The Importance and Function of the Five Preliminaries (Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö)

Afterword

  1. Afterword